CVE-2026-44310

gitsign --verify panics on empty-certificate PKCS7 and exits 0, bypassing exit-code callers

State
Published
Severity
5.4 Medium
Published
May 15, 2026
Updated
May 15, 2026
Reserved
May 5, 2026

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Description

Gitsign is a keyless Sigstore to signing tool for Git commits with your a GitHub / OIDC identity. From 0.4.0 to before 0.15.0, CertVerifier.Verify() in pkg/git/verifier.go unconditionally dereferences certs[0] after sd.GetCertificates() without checking the slice length. A CMS/PKCS7 signed message with an empty certificate set is a structurally valid DER payload; GetCertificates() returns an empty slice with no error, causing an immediate index-out-of-range panic. On the gitsign --verify code path (the GPG-compatible mode invoked by git verify-commit), the panic is silently recovered by internal/io/streams.go's Wrap() function, which returns nil instead of an error. main.go then exits with code 0, causing exit-code-only verification callers to interpret the failed verification as success. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.15.0.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.15.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:LGitHub_M

Weaknesses

  • CWE-129 Improper Validation of Array Index
  • CWE-390 Detection of Error Condition Without Action

Affected Products

ProductVersions
gitsignsigstore
  • >= 0.4.0, < 0.15.0Affected

References

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