CVE-2026-39984

NameCVE-2026-39984
DescriptionSigstore Timestamp Authority is a service for issuing RFC 3161 timestamps. Versions 2.0.5 and below contain an authorization bypass vulnerability in the VerifyTimestampResponse function. VerifyTimestampResponse correctly verifies the certificate chain signature, but the TSA-specific constraint checks in VerifyLeafCert uses the first non-CA certificate from the PKCS#7 certificate bag instead of the leaf certificate from the verified chain. An attacker can exploit this by prepending a forged certificate to the certificate bag while the message is signed with an authorized key, causing the library to validate the signature against one certificate but perform authorization checks against another. This vulnerability only affects users of the timestamp-authority/v2/pkg/verification package and does not affect the timestamp-authority service itself or sigstore-go. The issue has been fixed in version 2.0.6.
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Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
golang-github-sigstore-timestamp-authority (PTS)trixie1.2.3-2vulnerable
forky, sid2.0.4-1vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
golang-github-sigstore-timestamp-authoritysource(unstable)(unfixed)

Notes

https://github.com/sigstore/timestamp-authority/security/advisories/GHSA-xm5m-wgh2-rrg3
Fixed by: https://github.com/sigstore/timestamp-authority/commit/9583b6186084a309cb6ccaf4323a29781901e962 (v2.0.6)

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