Headline
GHSA-xhg5-42rf-296r: notation-go's verification bypass can cause users to verify the wrong artifact
Impact
An attacker who controls or compromises a registry can lead a user to verify the wrong artifact.
Patches
The problem has been fixed in the release v1.0.0-rc.6. Users should upgrade their notation-go library to v1.0.0-rc.6 or above.
Workarounds
User should use secure and trusted container registries.
Credits
The notation project would like to thank Adam Korczynski (@AdamKorcz) for responsibly disclosing the issue found during an security audit (facilitated by OSTIF and sponsored by CNCF) and Shiwei Zhang (@shizhMSFT), Pritesh Bandi (@priteshbandi) for root cause analysis.
Package
gomod github.com/notaryproject/notation-go (Go)
Affected versions
< 1.0.0-rc.6
Patched versions
1.0.0-rc.6
Description
Impact
An attacker who controls or compromises a registry can lead a user to verify the wrong artifact.
Patches
The problem has been fixed in the release v1.0.0-rc.6. Users should upgrade their notation-go library to v1.0.0-rc.6 or above.
Workarounds
User should use secure and trusted container registries.
Credits
The notation project would like to thank Adam Korczynski (@AdamKorcz) for responsibly disclosing the issue found during an security audit (facilitated by OSTIF and sponsored by CNCF) and Shiwei Zhang (@shizhMSFT), Pritesh Bandi (@priteshbandi) for root cause analysis.
References
- GHSA-xhg5-42rf-296r
- https://github.com/notaryproject/notation-go/releases/tag/v1.0.0-rc.6
priteshbandi published to notaryproject/notation-go
Jun 6, 2023
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
Jun 6, 2023
Reviewed
Jun 6, 2023
Last updated
Jun 6, 2023
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notation is a CLI tool to sign and verify OCI artifacts and container images. An attacker who has compromised a registry can cause users to verify the wrong artifact. The problem has been fixed in the release v1.0.0-rc.6. Users should upgrade their notation-go library to v1.0.0-rc.6 or above. Users unable to upgrade may restrict container registries to a set of secure and trusted container registries.