Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity Affecting aactl package, versions <0.4.12-r43


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (1st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CHAINGUARDLATEST-AACTL-15425877
  • published5 Mar 2026
  • disclosed10 Jan 2026

Introduced: 10 Jan 2026

CVE-2026-22703  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-345  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Chainguard aactl to version 0.4.12-r43 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream aactl package and not the aactl package as distributed by Chainguard. See How to fix? for Chainguard relevant fixed versions and status.

Cosign provides code signing and transparency for containers and binaries. Prior to versions 2.6.2 and 3.0.4, Cosign bundle can be crafted to successfully verify an artifact even if the embedded Rekor entry does not reference the artifact's digest, signature or public key. When verifying a Rekor entry, Cosign verifies the Rekor entry signature, and also compares the artifact's digest, the user's public key from either a Fulcio certificate or provided by the user, and the artifact signature to the Rekor entry contents. Without these comparisons, Cosign would accept any response from Rekor as valid. A malicious actor that has compromised a user's identity or signing key could construct a valid Cosign bundle by including any arbitrary Rekor entry, thus preventing the user from being able to audit the signing event. This issue has been patched in versions 2.6.2 and 3.0.4.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1