CVE-2023-33959 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2023-33959

Verification bypass can cause users into verifying the wrong artifact

Vulnerability Description

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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

notaryproject

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Affected Software

notation-go
Vulnerable Versions:
< 1.0.0-rc.6

Timeline

Official Publish: June 6th, 2023
Last Modified: August 2nd, 2024
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-347

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1553 Subvert Trust Controls
Defense Evasion
T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Initial Access
T1078 Valid Accounts
Persistence
T1550 Use Alternate Authentication Material
Defense Evasion
T1565 Data Manipulation
Impact