CVE-2023-33959: notaryproject notation-go
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2023-33959 is a high (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability in notaryproject notation-go. EPSS estimates a 0.35% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 27.9% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 0 · Related 3Timeline
- 06-06-2023PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 02-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
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.
CVSS metrics
5 scores · 5 sources · 1 version- CVE.orgCNA8.4HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HDiffers
- OSV · WolfiEcosystem advisory · calculated8.3HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HDiffers
- OSV · GoEcosystem advisory · calculated8.8HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · ChainguardEcosystem advisory · calculated8.3HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HDiffers
EPSS trend
Probability
0.35%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
28%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 0.35% on 22-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Chainguard1 product
- zot< 2.1.2-r7
Github.com/notaryproject1 product
- notation-go< 1.0.0-rc.6
Notaryproject1 product
- notation-go< 1.0.0-rc.6 | < 1.0.0 | 1.0.0:rc1 | 1.0.0:rc2 | 1.0.0:rc3 | 1.0.0:rc4 | 1.0.0:rc5
Wolfi1 product
- zot< 2.1.2-r7
4 vendors · 4 products
References
7 links- github.com/notaryproject/notation-go/security/advisories/GHSA-xhg5-42rf-296rX Refsource CONFIRMAdvisoryWEBVendor Advisory