Security Advisory

CVE-2015-9259

9.8
CRITICAL

Vulnerability 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.
Published Date March 31, 2018
Official Source NIST NVD Advisory