Verification bypass can cause users to verify the wrong artifact
Package
Affected versions
< 1.0.0-rc.6
Patched versions
1.0.0-rc.6
Description
Credits
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AdamKorcz Analyst
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shizhMSFT Analyst
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priteshbandi Analyst
AdamKorcz
Analyst
shizhMSFT
Analyst
priteshbandi
Analyst
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
notationproject 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.