8.8

CVE-2023-33959: notaryproject notation-go

CVSS: 8.8v3.1HighModified
AliasesCGA-7949-6gqg-6g7vCGA-9v48-mmj2-vfgqGHSA-xhg5-42rf-296r
Published 06-06-2023Last modified 02-08-2024

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.

Overall risk
35/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.35%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 0 · Related 3

Timeline

  1. 06-06-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 02-08-2024
    Last 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

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

22-09-202622-10-2026
EPSS score
0.35%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected 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

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