CVE-2022-36056

Vulnerabilities with blob verification in sigstore cosign

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: September 14, 2022 at 07:50 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:52 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorCosign

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%
SSVC
PoC

Description

Cosign is a project under the sigstore organization which aims to make signatures invisible infrastructure. In versions prior to 1.12.0 a number of vulnerabilities have been found in cosign verify-blob, where Cosign would successfully verify an artifact when verification should have failed. First a cosign bundle can be crafted to successfully verify a blob even if the embedded rekorBundle does not reference the given signature. Second, when providing identity flags, the email and issuer of a certificate is not checked when verifying a Rekor bundle, and the GitHub Actions identity is never checked. Third, providing an invalid Rekor bundle without the experimental flag results in a successful verification. And fourth an invalid transparency log entry will result in immediate success for verification. Details and examples of these issues can be seen in the GHSA-8gw7-4j42-w388 advisory linked. Users are advised to upgrade to 1.12.0. There are no known workarounds for these issues.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 1.12.0
Affected range stops below 1.12.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

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References (2)

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CVSS

5.5MEDIUMGitHub_M
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-347

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