CVE-2026-23831
MEDIUM
GHSA-273p-m2cw-6833
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
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Description
Rekor is a software supply chain transparency log. In versions 1.4.3 and below, the entry implementation can panic on attacker-controlled input when canonicalizing a proposed entry with an empty spec.message, causing nil Pointer Dereference. Function validate() returns nil (success) when message is empty, leaving sign1Msg uninitialized, and Canonicalize() later dereferences v.sign1Msg.Payload. A malformed proposed entry of the cose/v0.0.1 type can cause a panic on a thread within the Rekor process. The thread is recovered so the client receives a 500 error message and service still continues, so the availability impact of this is minimal. This issue has been fixed in version 1.5.0.
Analysis
Rekor versions 1.4.3 and below are vulnerable to denial of service through a null pointer dereference when processing malformed cose/v0.0.1 entries with empty spec.message fields. An unauthenticated remote attacker can trigger a panic in the Rekor process by sending a specially crafted entry, resulting in a 500 error response and temporary service disruption, though the thread recovery mechanism limits availability impact. …
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Remediation
Within 30 days: Identify affected systems running transparency log. In and apply vendor patches as part of regular patch cycle. …
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