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ubuntu-cve-2022-39237

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2022-10-06 18:16

Modified

2026-05-20 14:56

Summary

Details

syslabs/sif is the Singularity Image Format (SIF) reference implementation. In versions prior to 2.8.1the github.com/sylabs/sif/v2/pkg/integrity package did not verify that the hash algorithm(s) used are cryptographically secure when verifying digital signatures. A patch is available in version >= v2.8.1 of the module. Users are encouraged to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade may independently validate that the hash algorithm(s) used for metadata digest(s) and signature hash are cryptographically secure.

Severity

6.3 (Medium)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

9.8 (Critical)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-39237	REPORT
	https://github.com/sylabs/sif/security/advisories…	REPORT
	https://github.com/sylabs/sif/commit/21972852d878…	REPORT
	https://github.com/sylabs/sif/commit/a854038ce1f1…	REPORT
	https://github.com/sylabs/sif/commit/07fb86029a12…	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-39237	REPORT

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  "modified": "2026-05-20T14:56:09Z",
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CVE-2022-39237 (GCVE-0-2022-39237)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-10-06 00:00 – Updated: 2025-04-23 16:53

Title

Digital Signature Hash Algorithms Not Validated in sylabs/sif

Summary

syslabs/sif is the Singularity Image Format (SIF) reference implementation. In versions prior to 2.8.1the `github.com/sylabs/sif/v2/pkg/integrity` package did not verify that the hash algorithm(s) used are cryptographically secure when verifying digital signatures. A patch is available in version >= v2.8.1 of the module. Users are encouraged to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade may independently validate that the hash algorithm(s) used for metadata digest(s) and signature hash are cryptographically secure.

Severity

6.3 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-04-23 13:56 UTC

CWE

CWE-347 - Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature

Assigner

GitHub_M mitre root

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/sylabs/sif/security/advisories…
https://github.com/sylabs/sif/commit/07fb86029a12…
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-19	vendor-advisory

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
sylabs	sif	Affected: < 2.8.1

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