CVE-2026-44310

gitsign --verify panics on empty-certificate PKCS7 and exits 0, bypassing exit-code callers

Published May 15, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 5.4 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Gitsign is a keyless Sigstore to signing tool for Git commits with your a GitHub / OIDC identity. From 0.4.0 to before 0.15.0, CertVerifier.Verify() in pkg/git/verifier.go unconditionally dereferences certs[0] after sd.GetCertificates() without checking the slice length. A CMS/PKCS7 signed message with an empty certificate set is a structurally valid DER payload; GetCertificates() returns an empty slice with no error, causing an immediate index-out-of-range panic. On the gitsign --verify code path (the GPG-compatible mode invoked by git verify-commit), the panic is silently recovered by internal/io/streams.go's Wrap() function, which returns nil instead of an error. main.go then exits with code 0, causing exit-code-only verification callers to interpret the failed verification as success. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.15.0.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-7c37-gx6w-8vc5 gitsign --verify panics on empty-certificate PKCS7 and exits 0, bypassing exit-code callers
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Sigstore
Sigstore gitsign
Vendors & Products Sigstore
Sigstore gitsign
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Gitsign is a keyless Sigstore to signing tool for Git commits with your a GitHub / OIDC identity. From 0.4.0 to before 0.15.0, CertVerifier.Verify() in pkg/git/verifier.go unconditionally dereferences certs[0] after sd.GetCertificates() without checking the slice length. A CMS/PKCS7 signed message with an empty certificate set is a structurally valid DER payload; GetCertificates() returns an empty slice with no error, causing an immediate index-out-of-range panic. On the gitsign --verify code path (the GPG-compatible mode invoked by git verify-commit), the panic is silently recovered by internal/io/streams.go's Wrap() function, which returns nil instead of an error. main.go then exits with code 0, causing exit-code-only verification callers to interpret the failed verification as success. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.15.0.
Title gitsign --verify panics on empty-certificate PKCS7 and exits 0, bypassing exit-code callers
Weaknesses CWE-129
CWE-390
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
May 15, 2026, 4:44 PM
Reserved
May 5, 2026, 7:00 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
May 15, 2026, 5:16 PM
Modified
Oct 26, 2026, 2:10 PM