SSRF in Quill via unvalidated URL from Apple notarization log retrieval
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-918 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
Quill provides simple mac binary signing and notarization from any platform. Quill before version v0.7.1 contains a Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability when attempting to fetch the Apple notarization submission logs. Exploitation requires the ability to modify API responses from Apple's notarization service, which is not possible under standard network conditions due to HTTPS with proper TLS certificate validation; however, environments with TLS-intercepting proxies (common in corporate networks), compromised certificate authorities, or other trust boundary violations are at risk. When retrieving submission logs, Quill fetches a URL provided in the API response without validating that the scheme is https or that the host does not point to a local or multicast IP address. An attacker who can tamper with the response can supply an arbitrary URL, causing the Quill client to issue HTTP or HTTPS requests to attacker-controlled or internal network destinations. This could lead to exfiltration of sensitive data such as cloud provider credentials or internal service responses. Both the Quill CLI and library are affected when used to retrieve notarization submission logs. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.7.1.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| anchore | quill | before 0.7.1 | 0.7.1 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | github.com/anchore/quill (Go) | before 0.7.1 | 0.7.1 | Patch available | GHSA-7q3q-5px6-4c5p |
- quill Vendoranchore Affected before 0.7.1 Fixed in 0.7.1 Patch available CNA
- github.com/anchore/quill (Go) Vendor— Affected before 0.7.1 Fixed in 0.7.1 Patch available GHSA-7q3q-5px6-4c5p
Remediation
- Fix · CNA quill (anchore) Fixed in 0.7.1
- Fix · GHSA-7q3q-5px6-4c5p github.com/anchore/quill (Go) Fixed in 0.7.1 Advisory →
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-31959
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7q3q-5px6-4c5p
References
Advisory 2
More anchore Quill vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-24505 Unbounded memory allocation in Quill via unvalidated size fields in Mach-O binary parsing CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
- TI-2026-24504 DoS in Quill via unbounded read of HTTP response body during notarization CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
Sources
- CVE-2026-31959 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-31959 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-7q3q-5px6-4c5p · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-31959 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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