CVE-2024-55655CWE-20CWE-325

sigstore-python has insufficient validation of integration timestamp during verification

Low · published December 10, 2024

CVSS v4.0
2.7
EPSS
0%
Percentile
15.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

sigstore-python is a Python tool for generating and verifying Sigstore signatures. Versions of sigstore-python newer than 2.0.0 but prior to 3.6.0 perform insufficient validation of the "integration time" present in "v2" and "v3" bundles during the verification flow: the "integration time" is verified *if* a source of signed time (such as an inclusion promise) is present, but is otherwise trusted if no source of signed time is present. This does not affect "v1" bundles, as the "v1" bundle format always requires an inclusion promise.

Sigstore uses signed time to support verification of signatures made against short-lived signing keys. The impact and severity of this weakness is *low*, as Sigstore contains multiple other enforcing components that prevent an attacker who modifies the integration timestamp within a bundle from impersonating a valid signature. In particular, an attacker who modifies the integration timestamp can induce a Denial of Service, but in no different manner than already possible with bundle access (e.g. modifying the signature itself such that it fails to verify). Separately, an attacker could upload a *new* entry to the transparency service, and substitute their new entry's time. However, this would still be rejected at validation time, as the new entry's (valid) signed time would be outside the validity window of the original signing certificate and would nonetheless render the attacker auditable.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
2.7 · LOW
Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U
EPSS
0.00252 · 15.7th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-20 · Improper Input Validation; CWE-325 · Missing Cryptographic Step
Published
2024-12-10T23:06Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 10 DEC 23:06Z
    sigstore-python has insufficient validation of integration timestamp during verification
    cvelistv5