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TI-2026-24504 Aliases CVE-2026-31960GHSA-g32c-4pvp-769g

DoS in Quill via unbounded read of HTTP response body during notarization

Priority LOW 23CWE-770Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Adjacent network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-770.

Summary

Quill provides simple mac binary signing and notarization from any platform. Quill before version v0.7.1 has unbounded reads of HTTP response bodies during the Apple notarization process. 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 processing HTTP responses during notarization, Quill reads the entire response body into memory without any size limit. An attacker who can control or modify the response content can return an arbitrarily large payload, causing the Quill client to run out of memory and crash. The impact is limited to availability; there is no effect on confidentiality or integrity. Both the Quill CLI and library are affected when used to perform notarization operations. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.7.1.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00099 0th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed quill (anchore): 0.7.1github.com/anchore/quill (Go): 0.7.1

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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
anchorequillbefore 0.7.10.7.1Patch availableCNA
—github.com/anchore/quill (Go)before 0.7.10.7.1Patch availableGHSA-g32c-4pvp-769g
  • 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-g32c-4pvp-769g

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:anchore:quill:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 0.7.1Vulnerableanchore
  • cpe:2.3:a:anchore:quill:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 0.7.1 Vulnerable ·anchore

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA quill (anchore) Fixed in 0.7.1
  • Fix · GHSA-g32c-4pvp-769g github.com/anchore/quill (Go) Fixed in 0.7.1 Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-31960
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-g32c-4pvp-769g

References

  • TI-2026-24505 Unbounded memory allocation in Quill via unvalidated size fields in Mach-O binary parsing CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
  • TI-2026-24503 SSRF in Quill via unvalidated URL from Apple notarization log retrieval CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3

Sources