# CVE-2026-44310: gitsign --verify panics on empty-certificate PKCS7 and exits 0, bypassing exit-code callers

- Also known as: GO-2026-5212, GHSA-7C37-GX6W-8VC5
- Severity: CVSS 5.4 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.15.0
- Published: 2026-05-15 · Updated: 2026-05-15

## Affected

- sigstore gitsign: from 0.4.0, fixed in 0.15.0
- github.com/sigstore/gitsign (Go): from 0.4.0, fixed in 0.15.0

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on sigstore gitsign, github.com/sigstore/gitsign, upgrade to a fixed version (0.15.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/sigstore/gitsign/security/advisories/GHSA-7c37-gx6w-8vc5

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