| Name | CVE-2026-22703 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 1126764 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| cosign (PTS) | forky, trixie | 2.5.0-2 | vulnerable |
| sid | 2.6.2-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cosign | source | (unstable) | 2.6.2-1 | 1126764 |
[trixie] - cosign <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://github.com/sigstore/cosign/security/advisories/GHSA-whqx-f9j3-ch6m
https://github.com/sigstore/cosign/pull/4623
Fixed by: https://github.com/sigstore/cosign/commit/6832fba4928c1ad69400235bbc41212de5006176 (v3.0.4)
Fixed by: https://github.com/sigstore/cosign/commit/3ade80c5f77cefc904f8c994e88618e5892e8f1c (v2.6.2)