01 Record
CVE-2024-29902
Cosign vulnerable to system-wide denial of service via malicious attachments
MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: GitHub_M
CNA base score4.2 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
02 Description
Cosign vulnerable to system-wide denial of service via malicious attachments
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.65% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 50.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.9 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2024-04-10 22:28Z2 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-02 01:17Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2024-03-21
- Assigning CNA
- GitHub_M
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 4.2)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-770Allocation of Resources Without Limits or ThrottlingBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 2bdad9b9da88c0bf9edd9d9de37389cce165bebc0c9f7c50174d13e2036b1dc5
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/sigstore/cosign/security/advisories/GHSA-88jx-383q-w4qc
- github.comhttps://github.com/sigstore/cosign/commit/629f5f8fa672973503edde75f84dcd984637629e
- github.comhttps://github.com/google/go-containerregistry/blob/a0658aa1d0cc7a7f1bcc4a3af9155335b6943f40/pkg/v1/remote/layer.go#L36-L40
- github.comhttps://github.com/sigstore/cosign/blob/9bc3ee309bf35d2f6e17f5d23f231a3d8bf580bc/pkg/oci/remote/remote.go#L228-L239
- github.comhttps://github.com/sigstore/cosign/releases/tag/v2.2.4