CVE-2023-33957

Denial of service from high number of artifact signatures in notation

Description

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 inspect 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 are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade may restrict container registries to a set of secure and trusted container registries.

Category

2.6
CVSS
Severity: Low
CVSS 3.1 •
EPSS 0.04%
Vendor Advisory github.com
Affected: notaryproject notation
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://github.com/notaryproject/notation/security/advisories/GHSA-9m3v-v4r5-ppx7 vendor advisory
https://github.com/notaryproject/notation/commit/ed22fde52f6d70ae0b53521bd28c9ccafa868c24 patch

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2023-33957?
CVE-2023-33957 has been scored as a low severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2023-33957?
To fix CVE-2023-33957, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2023-33957 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2023-33957 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2023-33957?
CVE-2023-33957 affects notaryproject notation.
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