01 Record
CVE-2024-29903
Cosign vulnerable to machine-wide denial of service via malicious artifacts
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 machine-wide denial of service via malicious artifacts
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
- 0.85% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 57.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/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 22:30Z2 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
- e8ca4cdb8ee50b0d3cc253db52ec16a3056c633a0be3371d46c466a0cdca544f
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/sigstore/cosign/security/advisories/GHSA-95pr-fxf5-86gv
- github.comhttps://github.com/sigstore/cosign/commit/629f5f8fa672973503edde75f84dcd984637629e
- github.comhttps://github.com/sigstore/cosign/blob/14795db16417579fac0c00c11e166868d7976b61/pkg/cosign/verify.go#L948-L955
- github.comhttps://github.com/sigstore/cosign/blob/286a98a4a99c1b2f32f84b0d560e324100312280/pkg/oci/remote/signatures.go#L56-L70
- github.comhttps://github.com/sigstore/cosign/releases/tag/v2.2.4