CVE-2026-39395

Cosign's verify-blob-attestation reports false positive when payload parsing fails

Published Apr 7, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 4.3 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Cosign provides code signing and transparency for containers and binaries. Prior to 3.0.6 and 2.6.3, cosign verify-blob-attestation may erroneously report a "Verified OK" result for attestations with malformed payloads or mismatched predicate types. For old-format bundles and detached signatures, this was due to a logic flaw in the error handling of the predicate type validation. For new-format bundles, the predicate type validation was bypassed completely. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.0.6 and 2.6.3.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-w6c6-c85g-mmv6 Cosign's verify-blob-attestation reports false positive when payload parsing fails
History
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CPEs cpe:2.3:a:sigstore:cosign:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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First Time appeared Sigstore
Sigstore cosign
Vendors & Products Sigstore
Sigstore cosign
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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Description Cosign provides code signing and transparency for containers and binaries. Prior to 3.0.6 and 2.6.3, cosign verify-blob-attestation may erroneously report a "Verified OK" result for attestations with malformed payloads or mismatched predicate types. For old-format bundles and detached signatures, this was due to a logic flaw in the error handling of the predicate type validation. For new-format bundles, the predicate type validation was bypassed completely. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.0.6 and 2.6.3.
Title Cosign's verify-blob-attestation reports false positive when payload parsing fails
Weaknesses CWE-754
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Apr 8, 2026, 3:49 PM
Reserved
Apr 6, 2026, 10:06 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Apr 7, 2026, 8:16 PM
Modified
Jul 24, 2026, 9:10 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Apr 7, 2026, 8:06 PM