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CVE-2026-22703
January 10, 2026
Cosign provides code signing and transparency for containers and binaries. Prior to versions 2.6.2 and 3.0.4, Cosign bundle can be crafted to successfully verify an artifact even if the embedded Rekor entry does not reference the artifact's digest, signature or public key. When verifying a Rekor entry, Cosign verifies the Rekor entry signature, and also compares the artifact's digest, the user's public key from either a Fulcio certificate or provided by the user, and the artifact signature to the Rekor entry contents. Without these comparisons, Cosign would accept any response from Rekor as valid. A malicious actor that has compromised a user's identity or signing key could construct a valid Cosign bundle by including any arbitrary Rekor entry, thus preventing the user from being able to audit the signing event. This issue has been patched in versions 2.6.2 and 3.0.4.
Affected Packages
https://github.com/sigstore/cosign.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v0.1.0 <v2.6.2
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v2.6.2
https://github.com/sigstore/cosign.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v3.0.0 <v3.0.4
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v3.0.4
github.com/sigstore/cosign/v2 (GO):
Affected version(s) >=v2.0.0-rc.0 <v2.6.2
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v2.6.2
github.com/sigstore/cosign (GO):
Affected version(s) >=v0.1.0 <v2.6.2
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v2.6.2
github.com/sigstore/cosign (GO):
Affected version(s) >=v3.0.0 <v3.0.4
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v3.0.4
github.com/sigstore/cosign/v3 (GO):
Affected version(s) >=v3.0.0 <v3.0.4
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v3.0.4
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
6.8
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
NONE
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
5.5
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
NONE
Weakness Type (CWE)
Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity
EPSS
Base Score:
0.01