Vulnerability Details : CVE-2023-33958
notation is a CLI tool to sign and verify OCI artifacts and container images. An attacker who has compromised a registry and added a high number of signatures to an artifact can cause denial of service of services on the machine, if a user runs notation verify command on the same machine. The problem has been fixed in the release v1.0.0-rc.6. Users should upgrade their notation packages 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.
Vulnerability category: Denial of service
Products affected by CVE-2023-33958
- cpe:2.3:a:notaryproject:notation-go:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:notaryproject:notation-go:1.0.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:notaryproject:notation-go:1.0.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:notaryproject:notation-go:1.0.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:notaryproject:notation-go:1.0.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:notaryproject:notation-go:1.0.0:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-33958
0.07%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 21 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2023-33958
| Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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6.5
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MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
2.8
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3.6
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NIST | |
|
5.4
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MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L |
2.8
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2.5
|
GitHub, Inc. |
CWE ids for CVE-2023-33958
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The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource.Assigned by: security-advisories@github.com (Primary)
References for CVE-2023-33958
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https://github.com/notaryproject/notation/releases/tag/v1.0.0-rc.6
Release v1.0.0-rc.6 · notaryproject/notation · GitHubRelease Notes
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https://github.com/notaryproject/notation/security/advisories/GHSA-rvrx-rrwh-r9p6
Default `maxSignatureAttempts` in `notation verify` enables an endless data attack · Advisory · notaryproject/notation · GitHubVendor Advisory
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