GitHub Advisoryadvisory · RubyGems
GHSA-mhg6-2q2v-9h2c sigstore-ruby verifier returns success for DSSE bundles with mismatched in-toto subject digest
HIGH
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-31830
- Ecosystem
- RubyGems
- Packages
- sigstore
- Severity
- High
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-252
- Reviewed
- 2026-03-11
Affected packages
• RubyGems sigstore: < 0.2.3 → fixed in 0.2.3
Description
Summary
`Sigstore::Verifier#verify` does not propagate the `VerificationFailure` returned by `verify_in_toto` when the artifact digest does not match the digest in the in-toto attestation subject. As a result, verification of DSSE bundles containing in-toto statements returns `VerificationSuccess` regardless of whether the artifact matches the attested subject.
Details
In `lib/sigstore/verifier.rb`, the verify method calls `verify_in_toto` (line 176) without capturing or checking its return value:
`verify_in_toto(input, in_toto)`
When `verify_in_toto` detects a digest mismatch, it returns a `VerificationFailure` object. Because the caller discards this return value, execution unconditionally falls through to return `VerificationSuccess`. This is the only verification sub-check in the method (out of 12) whose failure is not propagated.
The message_signature code path is not affected.
Impact
An attacker who possesses a valid signed DSSE bundle containing an in-toto attestation for artifact A can present it as a valid attestation for a different artifact B. All other verification checks (DSSE envelope signature, certificate chain, Rekor inclusion, SCTs, policy) pass because they are independent of the artifact content. Only the in-toto subject digest check detects the mismatch, and its result is discarded.
This allows an attacker to bypass artifact-to-attestation binding for any consumer that relies on `Sigstore::Verifier#verify` to validate DSSE/in-toto bundles.
Workarounds
None. Consumers cannot work around this without patching the library.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-31830 sigstore-ruby is a pure Ruby implementation of the sigstore verify command from the sigstore/cosign project. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-252 Unchecked Return Value weakness