Add --ca-roots flag for 'cosign verify'

Add --ca-roots command-line flag for 'cosign verify'
to enable verifying cosign signatures using PEM bundles
of CA roots. Whether to also add --ca-intermediates flag
is TBD.  Unit tests will be added in the next commit(s).

Fixes #3462.

Signed-off-by: Dmitry S <[email protected]>

Author: dmitris

cmd/cosign/cli/options/certificate.go

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ type CertVerifyOptions struct {
 	CertGithubWorkflowName       string
 	CertGithubWorkflowRepository string
 	CertGithubWorkflowRef        string
-	CertBundle                   string
+	CARoots                      string
 	CertChain                    string
 	SCT                          string
 	IgnoreSCT                    bool
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ func (o *CertVerifyOptions) AddFlags(cmd *cobra.Command) {
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&o.CertGithubWorkflowRef, "certificate-github-workflow-ref", "",
 		"contains the ref claim from the GitHub OIDC Identity token that contains the git ref that the workflow run was based upon.")
 	// -- Cert extensions end --
-	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&o.CertBundle, "certificate-bundle", "",
+	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&o.CARoots, "ca-roots", "",
 		"path to a bundle file of CA certificates in PEM format which will be needed "+
 			"when building the certificate chains for the signing certificate. Conflicts with --certificate-chain.")
 	_ = cmd.Flags().SetAnnotation("certificate-bundle", cobra.BashCompFilenameExt, []string{"cert"})
@@ -85,9 +85,9 @@ func (o *CertVerifyOptions) AddFlags(cmd *cobra.Command) {
 		"path to a list of CA certificates in PEM format which will be needed "+
 			"when building the certificate chain for the signing certificate. "+
 			"Must start with the parent intermediate CA certificate of the "+
-			"signing certificate and end with the root certificate. Conflicts with --certificate-bundle.")
+			"signing certificate and end with the root certificate. Conflicts with --ca-roots.")
 	_ = cmd.Flags().SetAnnotation("certificate-chain", cobra.BashCompFilenameExt, []string{"cert"})
-	cmd.MarkFlagsMutuallyExclusive("certificate-bundle", "certificate-chain")
+	cmd.MarkFlagsMutuallyExclusive("ca-roots", "certificate-chain")
 
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&o.SCT, "sct", "",
 		"path to a detached Signed Certificate Timestamp, formatted as a RFC6962 AddChainResponse struct. "+

cmd/cosign/cli/verify.go

@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ against the transparency log.`,
 				CertGithubWorkflowName:       o.CertVerify.CertGithubWorkflowName,
 				CertGithubWorkflowRepository: o.CertVerify.CertGithubWorkflowRepository,
 				CertGithubWorkflowRef:        o.CertVerify.CertGithubWorkflowRef,
-				CertBundle:                   o.CertVerify.CertBundle,
+				CARoots:                      o.CertVerify.CARoots,
 				CertChain:                    o.CertVerify.CertChain,
 				IgnoreSCT:                    o.CertVerify.IgnoreSCT,
 				SCTRef:                       o.CertVerify.SCT,

cmd/cosign/cli/verify/verify.go

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ type VerifyCommand struct {
 	CertGithubWorkflowName       string
 	CertGithubWorkflowRepository string
 	CertGithubWorkflowRef        string
-	CertBundle                   string
+	CARoots                      string
 	CertChain                    string
 	CertOidcProvider             string
 	IgnoreSCT                    bool
@@ -178,29 +178,47 @@ func (c *VerifyCommand) Exec(ctx context.Context, images []string) (err error) {
 		}
 	}
 	if keylessVerification(c.KeyRef, c.Sk) {
-		if c.CertChain != "" {
-			chain, err := loadCertChainFromFileOrURL(c.CertChain)
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-			co.RootCerts = x509.NewCertPool()
-			co.RootCerts.AddCert(chain[len(chain)-1])
-			if len(chain) > 1 {
-				co.IntermediateCerts = x509.NewCertPool()
-				for _, cert := range chain[:len(chain)-1] {
-					co.IntermediateCerts.AddCert(cert)
+		switch {
+		case c.CertChain != "":
+			{
+				chain, err := loadCertChainFromFileOrURL(c.CertChain)
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+				co.RootCerts = x509.NewCertPool()
+				co.RootCerts.AddCert(chain[len(chain)-1])
+				if len(chain) > 1 {
+					co.IntermediateCerts = x509.NewCertPool()
+					for _, cert := range chain[:len(chain)-1] {
+						co.IntermediateCerts.AddCert(cert)
+					}
 				}
 			}
-		} else {
-			// This performs an online fetch of the Fulcio roots. This is needed
-			// for verifying keyless certificates (both online and offline).
-			co.RootCerts, err = fulcio.GetRoots()
-			if err != nil {
-				return fmt.Errorf("getting Fulcio roots: %w", err)
+		case c.CARoots != "":
+			{
+				caRoots, err := loadCertChainFromFileOrURL(c.CARoots)
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+				co.RootCerts = x509.NewCertPool()
+				if len(caRoots) > 0 {
+					for _, cert := range caRoots {
+						co.RootCerts.AddCert(cert)
+					}
+				}
 			}
-			co.IntermediateCerts, err = fulcio.GetIntermediates()
-			if err != nil {
-				return fmt.Errorf("getting Fulcio intermediates: %w", err)
+		default:
+			{
+				// This performs an online fetch of the Fulcio roots. This is needed
+				// for verifying keyless certificates (both online and offline).
+				co.RootCerts, err = fulcio.GetRoots()
+				if err != nil {
+					return fmt.Errorf("getting Fulcio roots: %w", err)
+				}
+				co.IntermediateCerts, err = fulcio.GetIntermediates()
+				if err != nil {
+					return fmt.Errorf("getting Fulcio intermediates: %w", err)
+				}
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -242,8 +260,8 @@ func (c *VerifyCommand) Exec(ctx context.Context, images []string) (err error) {
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		if c.CertChain == "" {
-			// If no certChain is passed, the Fulcio root certificate will be used
+		if c.CertChain == "" && c.CARoots == "" {
+			// If no certChain and no CARoots are passed, the Fulcio root certificate will be used
 			co.RootCerts, err = fulcio.GetRoots()
 			if err != nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf("getting Fulcio roots: %w", err)
@@ -257,14 +275,21 @@ func (c *VerifyCommand) Exec(ctx context.Context, images []string) (err error) {
 				return err
 			}
 		} else {
-			// Verify certificate with chain
-			chain, err := loadCertChainFromFileOrURL(c.CertChain)
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-			pubKey, err = cosign.ValidateAndUnpackCertWithChain(cert, chain, co)
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
+			if c.CARoots == "" {
+				// Verify certificate with chain
+				chain, err := loadCertChainFromFileOrURL(c.CertChain)
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+				pubKey, err = cosign.ValidateAndUnpackCertWithChain(cert, chain, co)
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+			} else {
+				pubKey, err = cosign.ValidateAndUnpackCertWithCertPools(cert, co)
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
 			}
 		}
 		if c.SCTRef != "" {