Medium severity · published May 15, 2026
CVE-2026-44310
gitsign --verify panics on empty-certificate PKCS7 and exits 0, bypassing exit-code callers
5.4
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Gitsign is a keyless Sigstore to signing tool for Git commits with your a GitHub / OIDC identity. From 0.4.0 to before 0.15.0, CertVerifier.Verify() in pkg/git/verifier.go unconditionally dereferences certs[0] after sd.GetCertificates() without checking the slice length. A CMS/PKCS7 signed message with an empty certificate set is a structurally valid DER payload; GetCertificates() returns an empty slice with no error, causing an immediate index-out-of-range panic. On the gitsign --verify code path (the GPG-compatible mode invoked by git verify-commit), the panic is silently recovered by internal/io/streams.go's Wrap() function, which returns nil instead of an error. main.go then exits with code 0, causing exit-code-only verification callers to interpret the failed verification as success. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.15.0.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.1% · higher than 1% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GI
gitsign · sigstore
>= 0.4.0, < 0.15.0 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-44310
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-44310
github.com
https://github.com/sigstore/gitsign/security/advisories/GHSA-7c37-gx6w-8vc5
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