Cosign provides code signing and transparency for containers and binaries. In versions 3.0.4 and below, an issuing certificate with a validity that expires before the leaf certificate will be considered valid during verification even if the provided timestamp would mean the issuing certificate should be considered expired. When verifying artifact signatures using a certificate, Cosign first verifies the certificate chain using the leaf certificate's "not before" timestamp and later checks expiry of the leaf certificate using either a signed timestamp provided by the Rekor transparency log or from a timestamp authority, or using the current time. The root and all issuing certificates are assumed to be valid during the leaf certificate's validity. There is no impact to users of the public Sigstore infrastructure. This may affect private deployments with customized PKIs. This issue has been fixed in version 3.0.5.
References
| Link | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/sigstore/cosign/commit/3c9a7363f563db76d78e2de2cabd945450f3781e | Patch |
| https://github.com/sigstore/cosign/releases/tag/v3.0.5 | Product Release Notes |
| https://github.com/sigstore/cosign/security/advisories/GHSA-wfqv-66vq-46rm | Exploit Vendor Advisory |
Configurations
History
20 Feb 2026, 19:04
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| First Time |
Sigstore cosign
Sigstore |
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| References | () https://github.com/sigstore/cosign/commit/3c9a7363f563db76d78e2de2cabd945450f3781e - Patch | |
| References | () https://github.com/sigstore/cosign/releases/tag/v3.0.5 - Product, Release Notes | |
| References | () https://github.com/sigstore/cosign/security/advisories/GHSA-wfqv-66vq-46rm - Exploit, Vendor Advisory | |
| CPE | cpe:2.3:a:sigstore:cosign:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
19 Feb 2026, 23:16
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| New CVE |
Information
Published : 2026-02-19 23:16
Updated : 2026-02-20 19:04
NVD link : CVE-2026-24122
Mitre link : CVE-2026-24122
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-24122
JSON object : View
Products Affected
sigstore
- cosign
CWE
CWE-295
Improper Certificate Validation
