CVE-2023-33958

Default `maxSignatureAttempts` in `notation verify` enables an endless data attack in notation

Published Jun 6, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 5.4 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
notation is a CLI tool to sign and verify OCI artifacts and container images. An attacker who has compromised a registry and added a high number of signatures to an artifact can cause denial of service of services on the machine, if a user runs notation verify command on the same machine. The problem has been fixed in the release v1.0.0-rc.6. Users should upgrade their notation packages 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.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-1882 notation is a CLI tool to sign and verify OCI artifacts and container images. An attacker who has compromised a registry and added a high number of signatures to an artifact can cause denial of service of services on the machine, if a user runs notation verify command on the same machine. The problem has been fixed in the release v1.0.0-rc.6. Users should upgrade their notation packages 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.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-rvrx-rrwh-r9p6 Notation's default `maxSignatureAttempts` in `notation verify` enables an endless data attack
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Aug 2, 2024, 3:54 PM
Reserved
May 24, 2023, 1:46 PM
Status
Modified
Published
Jun 6, 2023, 7:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 6:02 AM