GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Go
GHSA-9r4w-jg96-92mv Go-Attestation: Hash injection into trusted measurement list via unskipped SignatureHeaderSize vendor bytes in parseEfiSignatureList()
HIGH
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-12681
- Ecosystem
- Go
- Packages
- github.com/google/go-attestation
- Severity
- High
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-1285, CWE-20
- Reviewed
- 2026-06-12
Affected packages
• Go github.com/google/go-attestation: < 0.6.1 → fixed in 0.6.1
Description
Summary
`parseEfiSignatureList()` in `attest/internal/events.go` does not skip
`SignatureHeaderSize` vendor bytes before reading `EFI_SIGNATURE_LIST`
signature entries, violating UEFI specification section 31.4.1.
Impact
For `hashSHA256SigGUID` lists, attacker-controlled vendor header bytes are appended directly to the trusted SHA256 hash list. A crafted TPM event log can inject arbitrary SHA256 hashes into the verifier's trusted measurement database, allowing a remote attestation verifier to accept a compromised boot state as legitimate — breaking the core integrity guarantee of remote attestation.
Root Cause
After `binary.Read(&signatures.Header)` reads 28 bytes, `buf` points to the start of the `SignatureHeaderSize` vendor bytes. Both entry loops start at `sigOffset := 0` instead of `sigOffset := SignatureHeaderSize`, causing vendor bytes to be read as signature entries.
Affected versions
All versions through commit `f877374` (2026-05-15).
Fix
Pull request: https://github.com/google/go-attestation/pull/502
• Add bound check: `SignatureHeaderSize` must not exceed remaining list space
• Skip `SignatureHeaderSize` bytes before both entry loops
• Regression test: `TestParseEfiSignatureListNonZeroSignatureHeaderSize`
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-12681 Improper Validation of Specified Index, Position, or Offset in Input vulnerability in Google go-attestation. vulnerability
References
- https://github.com/google/go-attestation/security/advisories/GHSA-9r4w-jg96-92mv web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-12681 advisory
- https://github.com/google/go-attestation/pull/502 web
- https://github.com/google/go-attestation/commit/b6e905e7ae52937f02b5ca494dd1c6a3ac7a1003 web
- https://github.com/google/go-attestation package
- https://github.com/google/go-attestation/releases/tag/v0.6.1 web