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# Verification of SLSA provenance
-This repository contains the implementation for verifying [SLSA provenance](https://slsa.dev/). It currently supports verifying provenance generated by:
+
+[](https://api.securityscorecards.dev/projects/github.com/slsa-framework/slsa-verifier)
+[](https://bestpractices.coreinfrastructure.org/projects/6729)
+[](https://goreportcard.com/report/github.com/slsa-framework/slsa-verifier)
+[](https://slack.com/app_redirect?team=T019QHUBYQ3&channel=slsa-tooling)
+[](https://slsa.dev)
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+- [Overview](#overview)
+ - [What is SLSA?](#what-is-slsa)
+ - [What is provenance?](#what-is-provenance)
+ - [What is slsa-verifier?](#what-is-slsa-verifier)
+- [Installation](#installation)
+ - [Compilation from source](#compilation-from-source)
+ - [Option 1: Install via go](#option-1-install-via-go)
+ - [Option 2: Compile manually](#option-2-compile-manually)
+ - [Download the binary](#download-the-binary)
+- [Available options](#available-options)
+- [Option list](#option-list)
+ - [Option details](#option-details)
+- [Verification for GitHub builders](#verification-for-github-builders)
+ - [Artifacts](#artifacts)
+ - [Containers](#containers)
+- [Verification for Google Cloud Build](#verification-for-google-cloud-build)
+ - [Artifacts](#artifacts-1)
+ - [Containers](#containers-1)
+- [Known Issues](#known-issues)
+ - [tuf: invalid key](#tuf-invalid-key)
+- [Technical design](#technical-design)
+ - [Blog post](#blog-post)
+ - [Specifications](#specifications)
+ - [TOCTOU attacks](#toctou-attacks)
+
+
+
+## Overview
+
+### What is SLSA?
+
+[Supply chain Levels for Software Artifacts](https://slsa.dev), or SLSA (salsa),
+is a security framework, a check-list of standards and controls to prevent
+tampering, improve integrity, and secure packages and infrastructure in your
+projects, businesses or enterprises.
+
+SLSA defines an incrementially adoptable set of levels which are defined in
+terms of increasing compliance and assurance. SLSA levels are like a common
+language to talk about how secure software, supply chains and their component
+parts really are.
+
+### What is provenance?
+
+Provenance is information, or metadata, about how a software artifact was
+created. This could include information about what source code, build system,
+and build steps were used, as well as who and why the build was initiated.
+Provenance can be used to determine the authenticity and trustworthiness of
+software artifacts that you use.
+
+As part of the framework, SLSA defines a
+[provenance format](https://slsa.dev/provenance/) which can be used hold this
+metadata.
+
+### What is slsa-verifier?
+
+slsa-verifier is a tool for verifying
+[SLSA provenance](https://slsa.dev/provenance/) that was generated by CI/CD
+builders. slsa-verifier verifies the provenance by verifying the cryptographic
+signatures on provenance to make sure it was created by the expected builder.
+It then verifies that various values such as the builder id, source code
+repository, ref (branch or tag) matches the expected values.
+
+It currently supports verifying provenance generated by:
+
1. [SLSA generator](https://github.com/slsa-framework/slsa-github-generator)
1. [Google Cloud Build (GCB)](https://cloud.google.com/build/docs/securing-builds/view-build-provenance).
-________
+---
+
[Installation](#installation)
-- [Compilation from source](#compilation-from-source)
-- [Download the binary](#download-the-binary)
+
+- [Compilation from source](#compilation-from-source)
+- [Download the binary](#download-the-binary)
[Available options](#available-options)
-- [Option list](#option-list)
-- [Option details](#option-details)
+
+- [Option list](#option-list)
+- [Option details](#option-details)
[Verification for GitHub builders](#verification-for-github-builders)
-- [Artifacts](#artifacts)
-- [Containers](#containers)
+
+- [Artifacts](#artifacts)
+- [Containers](#containers)
[Verification for Google Cloud Build](#verification-for-google-cloud-build)
-- [Artifacts](#artifacts-1)
-- [Containers](#containers-1)
+
+- [Artifacts](#artifacts-1)
+- [Containers](#containers-1)
[Known Issues](#known-issues)
[Technical design](#technial-design)
-- [Blog posts](#blog-posts)
-- [Specifications](#specifications)
-- [TOCTOU attacks](#toctou-attacks)
-________
+
+- [Blog posts](#blog-posts)
+- [Specifications](#specifications)
+- [TOCTOU attacks](#toctou-attacks)
+
+---
## Installation
@@ -35,12 +118,14 @@ You have two options to install the verifier.
### Compilation from source
#### Option 1: Install via go
+
```
$ go install github.com/slsa-framework/slsa-verifier/cli/slsa-verifier@v1.3.1
$ slsa-verifier
```
#### Option 2: Compile manually
+
```
$ git clone git@github.com:slsa-framework/slsa-verifier.git
$ cd slsa-verifier && git checkout v1.3.1
@@ -92,13 +177,13 @@ Flags:
The following options are available:
-| Option | Description | Support
-| --- | ----------- | --------
-| `source-uri` | Expects a source, for e.g. `github.com/org/repo`. | All builders
-| `source-branch` | Expects a `branch` like `main` or `dev`. Not supported for all GitHub Workflow triggers. | [GitHub builders](https://github.com/slsa-framework/slsa-github-generator#generation-of-provenance)
-| `source-tag` | Expects a `tag` like `v0.0.1`. Verifies exact tag used to create the binary. Supported for new [tag](https://github.com/slsa-framework/example-package/blob/main/.github/workflows/e2e.go.tag.main.config-ldflags-assets-tag.slsa3.yml#L5) and [release](https://github.com/slsa-framework/example-package/blob/main/.github/workflows/e2e.go.release.main.config-ldflags-assets-tag.slsa3.yml) triggers. | [GitHub builders](https://github.com/slsa-framework/slsa-github-generator#generation-of-provenance)
-| `source-versioned-tag` | Like `tag`, but verifies using semantic versioning. | [GitHub builders](https://github.com/slsa-framework/slsa-github-generator#generation-of-provenance)
-| `build-workflow-input` | Expects key-value pairs like `key=value` to match against [inputs](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#onworkflow_dispatchinputs) for GitHub Actions `workflow_dispatch` triggers. | [GitHub builders](https://github.com/slsa-framework/slsa-github-generator#generation-of-provenance)
+| Option | Description | Support |
+| ---------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `source-uri` | Expects a source, for e.g. `github.com/org/repo`. | All builders |
+| `source-branch` | Expects a `branch` like `main` or `dev`. Not supported for all GitHub Workflow triggers. | [GitHub builders](https://github.com/slsa-framework/slsa-github-generator#generation-of-provenance) |
+| `source-tag` | Expects a `tag` like `v0.0.1`. Verifies exact tag used to create the binary. Supported for new [tag](https://github.com/slsa-framework/example-package/blob/main/.github/workflows/e2e.go.tag.main.config-ldflags-assets-tag.slsa3.yml#L5) and [release](https://github.com/slsa-framework/example-package/blob/main/.github/workflows/e2e.go.release.main.config-ldflags-assets-tag.slsa3.yml) triggers. | [GitHub builders](https://github.com/slsa-framework/slsa-github-generator#generation-of-provenance) |
+| `source-versioned-tag` | Like `tag`, but verifies using semantic versioning. | [GitHub builders](https://github.com/slsa-framework/slsa-github-generator#generation-of-provenance) |
+| `build-workflow-input` | Expects key-value pairs like `key=value` to match against [inputs](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#onworkflow_dispatchinputs) for GitHub Actions `workflow_dispatch` triggers. | [GitHub builders](https://github.com/slsa-framework/slsa-github-generator#generation-of-provenance) |
## Verification for GitHub builders
@@ -120,16 +205,18 @@ The verified in-toto statement may be written to stdout with the `--print-proven
Only GitHub URIs are supported with the `--source-uri` flag. A tag should not be specified, even if the provenance was built at some tag. If you intend to do source versioning validation, use `--print-provenance` and inspect the commit SHA of the config source or materials.
-
### Containers
+
This is WIP and currently not supported.
## Verification for Google Cloud Build
### Artifacts
+
This is WIP and currently not supported.
### Containers
+
To verify a container image, you need to pass a container image name that is _immutable_ by providing its digest, in order to avoid [TOCTOU attacks](#toctou-attacks).
Run the commands below:
@@ -139,16 +226,19 @@ $ IMAGE=laurentsimon/slsa-gcb-v0.3:test
```
Download the provenance:
+
```shell
$ gcloud artifacts docker images describe $IMAGE --format json --show-provenance > provenance.json
```
Get the digest for your container _without_ pulling it using the [crane](https://github.com/google/go-containerregistry/blob/main/cmd/crane/doc/crane.md) command:
+
```shell
$ IMAGE="${IMAGE}@"$(crane digest "${IMAGE}")
```
Verify the image:
+
```bash
$ slsa-verifier verify-image "$IMAGE" \
--provenance-path provenance.json \
@@ -160,7 +250,7 @@ PASSED: Verified SLSA provenance
The verified in-toto statement may be written to stdout with the `--print-provenance` flag to pipe into policy engines.
-Note that `--source-uri` supports GitHub repository URIs like `github.com/$OWNER/$REPO` when the build was enabled with a Cloud Build [GitHub trigger](https://cloud.google.com/build/docs/automating-builds/github/build-repos-from-github). Otherwise, the build provenance will contain the name of the Cloud Storage bucket used to host the source files, usually of the form `gs://[PROJECT_ID]_cloudbuild/source` (see [Running build](https://cloud.google.com/build/docs/running-builds/submit-build-via-cli-api#running_builds)). We recommend using GitHub triggers in order to preserve the source provenance and valiate that the source came from an expected, version-controlled repository. You *may* match on the fully-qualified tar like `gs://[PROJECT_ID]_cloudbuild/source/1665165360.279777-955d1904741e4bbeb3461080299e929a.tgz`.
+Note that `--source-uri` supports GitHub repository URIs like `github.com/$OWNER/$REPO` when the build was enabled with a Cloud Build [GitHub trigger](https://cloud.google.com/build/docs/automating-builds/github/build-repos-from-github). Otherwise, the build provenance will contain the name of the Cloud Storage bucket used to host the source files, usually of the form `gs://[PROJECT_ID]_cloudbuild/source` (see [Running build](https://cloud.google.com/build/docs/running-builds/submit-build-via-cli-api#running_builds)). We recommend using GitHub triggers in order to preserve the source provenance and valiate that the source came from an expected, version-controlled repository. You _may_ match on the fully-qualified tar like `gs://[PROJECT_ID]_cloudbuild/source/1665165360.279777-955d1904741e4bbeb3461080299e929a.tgz`.
## Known Issues
@@ -168,7 +258,7 @@ Note that `--source-uri` supports GitHub repository URIs like `github.com/$OWNER
This will occur only when verifying provenance generated with GitHub Actions.
-**Affected versions:** v1.3.0-v1.3.1, v1.2.0-v1.2.1, v1.1.0-v1.1.2, v1.0.0-v1.0.4
+**Affected versions:** v1.3.0-v1.3.1, v1.2.0-v1.2.1, v1.1.0-v1.1.2, v1.0.0-v1.0.4
`slsa-verifier` will fail with the following error:
@@ -176,17 +266,20 @@ This will occur only when verifying provenance generated with GitHub Actions.
FAILED: SLSA verification failed: could not find a matching valid signature entry: got unexpected errors unable to initialize client, local cache may be corrupt: tuf: invalid key: unable to fetch Rekor public keys from TUF repository
```
-This issue is tracked by [issue #325](https://github.com/slsa-framework/slsa-verifier/issues/325). You *must* update to the newest patch versions of each minor release to fix this issue.
+This issue is tracked by [issue #325](https://github.com/slsa-framework/slsa-verifier/issues/325). You _must_ update to the newest patch versions of each minor release to fix this issue.
## Technical design
### Blog post
+
Find our blog post series [here](https://security.googleblog.com/2022/04/improving-software-supply-chain.html).
### Specifications
+
For a more in-depth technical dive, read the [SPECIFICATIONS.md](https://github.com/slsa-framework/slsa-github-generator/blob/main/SPECIFICATIONS.md).
### TOCTOU attacks
+
As explained on [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time-of-check_to_time-of-use), a "time-of-check to time-of-use (TOCTOU) is a class of software bugs caused by a race condition involving the checking of the state of a part of a system and the use of the results of that check".
In the context of provenance verification, imagine you verify a container refered to via a _mutable_ image `image:tag`. The verification succeeds and verifies the corresponding hash is `sha256:abcdef...`. After verification, you pull and run the image using `docker run image:tag`. An attacker could have altered the image between the verification step and the run step. To mitigate this attack, we ask users to always pass an _immutable_ reference to the artifact they verify.