Verification bypass can cause users into verifying the wrong artifact

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  "id": "90f80129da27acd30f8939c305983003fcbea772972600a3a61662e3e24d867c",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-33959",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "Verification bypass can cause users into verifying the wrong artifact",
    "summary": "notation is a CLI tool to sign and verify OCI artifacts and container images. An attacker who has compromised a registry can cause users to verify the wrong artifact. The problem has been fixed in the release v1.0.0-rc.6. Users should upgrade their notation-go library to v1.0.0-rc.6 or above. Users unable to upgrade may restrict container registries to a set of secure and trusted container registries.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2023-33959",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
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      "aliases": [
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        "GHSA-xhg5-42rf-296r",
        "GO-2023-1832"
      ],
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H"
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      "affected": [
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              "repo": "https://github.com/notaryproject/notation-go",
              "type": "GIT",
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                {
                  "introduced": "0"
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                {
                  "fixed": "69cf11bbbc7641efcee966b22d47495b5a6d274e"
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                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:notaryproject:notation-go:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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                      {
                        "fixed": "1.0.0"
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          "versions": [
            "v1.0.0-rc.5",
            "v1.0.0-rc.4",
            "v1.0.0-rc.3",
            "v1.0.0-rc.2",
            "v1.0.0-rc.1",
            "v0.12.0-beta.1",
            "v0.11.0-alpha.4",
            "v0.10.0-alpha.3",
            "v0.9.0-alpha.1",
            "v0.8.0-alpha.1",
            "v0.7.0-alpha.1"
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          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-33959.json"
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:21.079715163Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/33xxx/CVE-2023-33959.json",
        "https://github.com/notaryproject/notation-go/security/advisories/GHSA-xhg5-42rf-296r",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-33959"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cwe_ids": [
          "CWE-347"
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        "cna_assigner": "GitHub_M",
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      }
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        "value": "CVE-2023-33959",
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 487123,
  "published_at": "2023-06-06T18:15:14.317+00:00"
}