GHSA-WFQX-GJRF-G28R is a critical-severity security vulnerability in github.com/crossplane/crossplane/v2 (go), affecting versions >= 2.3.0-rc.0, <= 2.3.2. No fixed version is listed yet.
Summary Crossplane allows package signature verification to be configured via the ImageConfig mechanism. When enabled, the package manager uses cosign to verify that packages are correctly signed before pulling and installing them. When a package is installed using a tag reference (e.g., a semantic version), a malicious OCI registry could serve a correctly signed image for verification, then subsequently serve an unsigned image for installation. This is possible because Crossplane resolves the tag reference separately for each step. This vulnerability is relevant only for users who do all three of the following: Configure signature verification for packages, Install packages using tag references rather than digests, and Install packages from registries they do not control. Mitigation Installing packages by image digest rather than using tags avoids this issue. Fix The package manager has been updated to resolve tag references once and use the resulting digest for both signature verification and image fetching. This ensures that Crossplane pulls the same content that had its signature verified. The fix has been applied to Crossplane's main branch and backported to the v2.3 and v2.2 release branches; it will be released in v2.3.3 and v2.2.3. Credits This issue was reported, independently, by @bugbunny-research and @tonghuaroot.
GHSA-WFQX-GJRF-G28R has a CVSS score of 9.0 (Critical). The vector is network-reachable, no privileges required, and no user interaction. A CVSS score reflects the worst-case severity of the vulnerability, not your specific exposure. Whether this affects your application depends on whether the vulnerable code is present and reachable in your environment.
No fixed version is listed yet, so configuration controls and monitoring matter more in the interim.
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github.com/crossplane/crossplane/v2 (>= 2.3.0-rc.0, <= 2.3.2)github.com/crossplane/crossplane/v2 (<= 2.2.2)github.com/crossplane/crossplane (<= 1.21.0-rc.0)Severity tells you how bad this could be in the worst case. It does not tell you whether you are exposed. Exploitability and impact are functions of runtime truth: whether the vulnerable code is present, reachable, and actually executes in your application. A vulnerable package can sit in your dependency tree and never run.
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GHSA-WFQX-GJRF-G28R is a critical-severity security vulnerability in github.com/crossplane/crossplane/v2 (go), affecting versions >= 2.3.0-rc.0, <= 2.3.2. No fixed version is listed yet.
GHSA-WFQX-GJRF-G28R has a CVSS score of 9.0 (Critical). This score reflects the worst-case severity of the vulnerability, not your specific exposure. Whether it represents real risk in your environment depends on whether the vulnerable code is present and reachable.
github.com/crossplane/crossplane/v2 (go) (versions >= 2.3.0-rc.0, <= 2.3.2)github.com/crossplane/crossplane (go) (versions <= 1.21.0-rc.0)No fixed version is listed for GHSA-WFQX-GJRF-G28R yet. Monitor the advisory for updates and apply mitigations in the interim.
Whether GHSA-WFQX-GJRF-G28R is exploitable in your environment depends on whether the vulnerable code is present and reachable. A CVSS score is a worst-case rating; it does not account for your specific deployment, configuration, or usage patterns. Kodem, an Intelligent Application Security platform, uses runtime intelligence to show which vulnerabilities actually execute in production, so you can focus on the ones that represent real risk. Get a demo
Exploitability and impact are not fixed properties of a CVE. They depend on runtime truth: whether the vulnerable code is present, reachable, and actually executes in your application. A high CVSS score on a dependency that never runs is not the same as real risk. Kodem, an Intelligent Application Security platform, uses runtime intelligence to reveal which vulnerabilities actually execute in production, so teams prioritize the ones that genuinely matter.