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GHSA-G27R-R6PH-VF5R: GHSA-G27R-R6PH-VF5R: Authentication Bypass via Policy Hash Truncation in sequoia-git

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GHSA-G27R-R6PH-VF5R: Authentication Bypass via Policy Hash Truncation in sequoia-git Vulnerability ID: GHSA-G27R-R6PH-VF5R CVSS Score: 1.8 Published: 2026-05-04 A logic error in the caching mechanism of the sequoia-git library prior to version 0.6.0 results in the improper processing of OpenPGP hard revocations. A truncation bug during policy hash calculation creates cache collisions, allowing an attacker with a revoked key to bypass commit authentication if they can trick a maintainer into accepting a specific policy modification. TL;DR sequoia-git versions prior to 0.6.0 fail to properly enforce OpenPGP key revocations due to a cache collision bug triggered by a zero-byte policy hash. This allows attackers with compromised but revoked keys to sign valid commits if a maintainer merges a malicious policy update.…

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