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CVE-2026-24137

sigstore legacy TUF client allows for arbitrary file writes with target cache path traversal

Published: Jan 23, 2026Updated: Jan 26, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-22
5.8CVSSMEDIUM

Description

sigstore framework is a common go library shared across sigstore services and clients. In versions 1.10.3 and below, the legacy TUF client (pkg/tuf/client.go) supports caching target files to disk. It constructs a filesystem path by joining a cache base directory with a target name sourced from signed target metadata; however, it does not validate that the resulting path stays within the cache base directory. A malicious TUF repository can trigger arbitrary file overwriting, limited to the permissions that the calling process has. Note that this should only affect clients that are directly using the TUF client in sigstore/sigstore or are using an older version of Cosign. Public Sigstore deployment users are unaffected, as TUF metadata is validated by a quorum of trusted collaborators. This issue has been fixed in version 1.10.4. As a workaround, users can disable disk caching for the legacy client by setting SIGSTORE_NO_CACHE=true in the environment, migrate to https://github.com/sigstore/sigstore-go/tree/main/pkg/tuf, or upgrade to the latest sigstore/sigstore release.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:HPR:HUI:NS:CC:NI:HA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:HAttack Complexity
High
PR:HPrivileges Required
High
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:CScope
Changed
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:HIntegrity
High
A:NAvailability
None

Weaknesses

Affected Products

sigstoreoss-projectSecurity Productsaka cosign, gitsign, rekor
gopackage-ecosystemOSS Libraries

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Timeline

Published
Jan 23, 2026
Last Updated
Jan 26, 2026

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