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CVE-2015-9259

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-03-31 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-434

Description

In Docker Notary before 0.1, the checkRoot function in gotuf/client/client.go does not check expiry of root.json files, despite a comment stating that it does. Even if a user creates a new root.json file after a key compromise, an attacker can produce update files referring to an old root.json file.

Affected products

• Docker Notary: before 0.1 — fixed in 0.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Docker Notary 0.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://docs.docker.com/notary/changelog/
• https://github.com/theupdateframework/notary/blob/master/docs/resources/ncc_docker_notary_audit_2015_07_31.pdf
• https://docs.docker.com/notary/changelog/
• https://github.com/theupdateframework/notary/blob/master/docs/resources/ncc_docker_notary_audit_2015_07_31.pdf

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