# CVE-2025-2888: tough timestamp metadata is cached when it fails snapshot rollback check

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-2888-tough-timestamp-metadata-is-cached-when-it-fails-snapshot-rollback  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2025-03-28  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2025-2888 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2025-03-28

tough timestamp metadata is cached when it fails snapshot rollback check

Technologies: [tough (crates.io)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/crates-io-tough). Vendors: [crates.io](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/crates-io).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2025-2888 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-2888 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2025-2888?** Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 28 March 2025.

**Which products and versions are affected?** tough (crates.io) SEMVER:introduced=0,fixed=0.20.0.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2025-2888?** Yes. tough (crates.io): upgrade to 0.20.0 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**Am I affected by CVE-2025-2888?** Check whether you run tough (crates.io) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## How to fix

- tough (crates.io): upgrade to 0.20.0 or later

  ```sh
  cargo update -p tough
  ```


## Affected products

- tough (crates.io) SEMVER:introduced=0,fixed=0.20.0

## Identifiers

- CVE-2025-2888
- GHSA-76g3-38jv-wxh4

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