{"id":"CVE-2023-33959","aliases":["EUVD-2023-1916","GHSA-xhg5-42rf-296r","GO-2023-1832"],"status":"published","title":"Verification bypass can cause users into verifying the wrong artifact","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.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":8.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-10","score":0.00354,"percentile":0.29451,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"cwes":["CWE-347"],"published":"2023-06-06T16:45:29Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:21Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"Go","package":"github.com/notaryproject/notation-go","fixed_in":["1.0.0-rc.6"],"sources":["ghsa","osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"Go","package":"github.com/notaryproject/notation-go","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.0.0-rc.6"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Go","package":"github.com/notaryproject/notation-go","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.0.0-rc.6"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Go","package":"github.com/notaryproject/notation-go","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.0.0-rc.6"}]}]}],"products":[{"vendor":"notaryproject","product":"notation-go"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/notaryproject/notation-go/security/advisories/GHSA-xhg5-42rf-296r","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred","Vendor Advisory","advisory","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/notaryproject/notation-go/releases/tag/v1.0.0-rc.6","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-33959","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/notaryproject/notation-go/commit/39c8ed050a65cca3f3f308534acb612096735a64","tags":["web","fix"]},{"url":"https://github.com/notaryproject/notation-go/commit/eba60f5aed9c9e05dee55324423c95fe34700b4c","tags":["web","fix"]},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xhg5-42rf-296r"},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/33xxx/CVE-2023-33959.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/notaryproject/notation-go","tags":["package"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2023-33959","title":"Verification bypass can cause users into verifying the wrong artifact","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.","status":"published","published":"2023-06-06T18:15:14.317Z","modified":"2024-08-02T15:54:14.191Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-347"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:35:34.170609Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2023-1916","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.","status":"published","published":"2023-06-06T18:15:14Z","modified":"2024-08-02T15:54:14Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-03T03:50:04.380287Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-xhg5-42rf-296r","title":"notation-go's verification bypass can cause users to verify the wrong artifact","description":"### Impact\nAn attacker who controls or compromises a registry can lead a user to verify the wrong artifact.\n\n### Patches\nThe problem has been fixed in the release [v1.0.0-rc.6](https://github.com/notaryproject/notation-go/releases/tag/v1.0.0-rc.6). Users should upgrade their notation-go library to [v1.0.0-rc.6](https://github.com/notaryproject/notation-go/releases/tag/v1.0.0-rc.6) or above.\n\n### Workarounds\nUser should use secure and trusted container registries.\n\n### Credits\nThe `notation` project would like to thank Adam Korczynski (@AdamKorcz) for responsibly disclosing the issue found during an security audit (facilitated by OSTIF and sponsored by CNCF) and Shiwei Zhang (@shizhMSFT), Pritesh Bandi (@priteshbandi)  for root cause analysis.\n","status":"published","published":"2023-06-06T16:45:29Z","modified":"2023-11-08T05:02:47Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-347"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:37:16.721714Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2023-33959","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.","status":"published","published":"2023-06-06T19:15:12.637Z","modified":"2026-06-17T06:02:36.203Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"secondary"},{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-347"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:08:05.329837Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2023-33959","title":"Verification bypass can cause users into verifying the wrong artifact","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. 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Users should upgrade their notation-go library to [v1.0.0-rc.6](https://github.com/notaryproject/notation-go/releases/tag/v1.0.0-rc.6) or above.\n\n### Workarounds\nUser should use secure and trusted container registries.\n\n### Credits\nThe `notation` project would like to thank Adam Korczynski (@AdamKorcz) for responsibly disclosing the issue found during an security audit (facilitated by OSTIF and sponsored by CNCF) and Shiwei Zhang (@shizhMSFT), Pritesh Bandi (@priteshbandi)  for root cause analysis.\n","status":"published","published":"2023-06-06T16:45:29Z","modified":"2026-09-10T03:49:57.187077055Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-347"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:46:59.835583Z"},{"id":"GO-2023-1832","title":"Verification bypass in github.com/notaryproject/notation-go","description":"An attacker who controls or compromises a registry can lead a user to verify the wrong artifact.","status":"published","published":"2023-06-26T16:53:25Z","modified":"2026-02-04T02:43:08.765429Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:47:01.185262Z"}]}}