Skip to content

sigstore-go has a multi-log threshold bypass via single compromised log

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Jun 4, 2026 in sigstore/sigstore-go

Package

gomod github.com/sigstore/sigstore-go (Go)

Affected versions

<= 1.1.4

Patched versions

1.2.0

Description

Impact

What kind of vulnerability is it? Who is impacted?

A verifier configured with WithTransparencyLog(N>1) or WithSignedCertificateTimestamps(N>1) expected defense-in-depth against the compromise of a single log instance. However, threshold counting counted verified witnesses per-entry or per-validation-path rather than per-log-authority.

As a result, a single compromised transparency log could forge multiple entries with different indices, and a single compromised CT log could verify multiple times (either across multiple certificate chains or via multiple embedded SCTs), fully satisfying the multi-log threshold requirements and defeating the multi-log policy.

Note that this does not affect Cosign, as Cosign sets a threshold of 1.

Patches

Has the problem been patched? What versions should users upgrade to?

Upgrade to v1.1.5.

Workarounds

Is there a way for users to fix or remediate the vulnerability without upgrading?

There is no workaround, beyond relying on trusted logs.

References

@Hayden-IO Hayden-IO published to sigstore/sigstore-go Jun 4, 2026
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Jul 9, 2026
Reviewed Jul 9, 2026

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

EPSS score

Weaknesses

Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity

The product does not sufficiently verify the origin or authenticity of data, in a way that causes it to accept invalid data. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2026-49834

GHSA ID

GHSA-9vcr-p3rj-q5q6

Source code

Loading Checking history
See something to contribute? Suggest improvements for this vulnerability.