OWASP CI/CD Part 9: Improper Artifact Integrity Validation
Improper artifact integrity validation is a critical vulnerability in CI/CD pipelines characterised by insufficient mechanisms to cryptographically verify the authenticity and integrity of code and build artifacts traversing the pipeline. When these controls are weak or absent, adversaries with access to any pipeline stage can inject malicious or tampered artifacts that appear legitimate, enabling undetected propagation through the pipeline and eventual deployment into production environments.