CVE-2026-44544: gittuf's policy can be rolled back to prior valid versions

May 7, 2026 (updated May 14, 2026)

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.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-vxvc-cg7j-rwqj
github.com/gittuf/gittuf/commit/dd76efa505f9137a4a9a625c5ac67b333365a1b8
github.com/gittuf/gittuf/security/advisories/GHSA-vxvc-cg7j-rwqj
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-44544

Code Behaviors & Features

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