Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature in Cosign - CVE-2022-36056

 

Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature in Cosign - CVE-2022-36056

Published: October 4, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU67910
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-36056
CWE-ID: CWE-347
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass implemented security restrictions.

The vulnerability exists due to improper verification of signature when processing artifacts. A remote attacker can supply a specially crafted artifact and bypass the implemented blob verification process.


Affected software

Cosign
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing
openSUSE Leap
cosign

How to mitigate CVE-2022-36056

Install updates from vendor's website.

Cosign - update to 1.12.0
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes - update to 3.73
cosign - update to 1.12.0-150400.3.6.1

External References

Related Security Bulletins