gittuf: Policy can be rolled back to prior valid version

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Summary

CVECVE-2026-44544
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerGitHub_M
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-05-14 18:16:50 UTC
Updated2026-05-14 18:27:25 UTC
Descriptiongittuf is a platform-agnostic Git security system. Prior to 0.14.0, an attacker with push access to gittuf's Reference State Log (RSL) can roll back the current policy to any previous policy trusted by the current set of root keys. gittuf determines the policy to load by inspecting the RSL. Except for the very first policy (which is automatically trusted given gittuf's TOFU model, or verified against manually specified keys), whenever an RSL entry that points to a new policy is encountered, gittuf validates that this policy is trusted. This is done by checking that the new policy’s root metadata is signed by the required threshold of the current policy's root keys. Because of this, an attacker with push access to the RSL may create a new entry that references an old policy (that is trusted by the most recent policy's set of root keys), thereby rolling back gittuf's policy to the attacker's chosen state. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.14.0.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v4.0 4.9 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:H/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

EPSS: 0.000430000 probability, percentile 0.133170000 (date 2026-05-25)

Problem Types: CWE-639 | CWE-639 CWE-639: Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
4.0[email protected]Secondary4.9MEDIUMCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:H/SA:N/E:X/C...
4.0CNADECLARED4.9MEDIUMCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:H/SA:N

CVSS v4.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Attack Requirements
Present
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Sub Conf.
None
Sub Integrity
High
Sub Availability
None

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:H/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Gittuf Gittuf affected < 0.14.0 Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
github.com/gittuf/gittuf/security/advisories/GHSA-vxvc-cg7j-rwqj [email protected] github.com
github.com/gittuf/gittuf/commit/dd76efa505f9137a4a9a625c5ac67b333365a1b8 [email protected] github.com
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