CVE-2023-33959

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    CVE-2023-33959

    Published: 6 Jun 2023Last Modified: 12 Aug 2026

    Summary: Verification bypass can cause users into verifying the wrong artifact

    Details: 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.

    References: https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/33xxx/CVE-2023-33959.json, https://github.com/notaryproject/notation-go/security/advisories/GHSA-xhg5-42rf-296r, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-33959

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -69cf11bbbc7641efcee966b22d47495b5a6d274e

    Affected versions

    v1.0.0-rc.5
    v1.0.0-rc.4
    v1.0.0-rc.3
    v1.0.0-rc.2
    v1.0.0-rc.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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