jobselko · Aug 12, 2026 · Aug 20, 2026 · Oct 6, 2026 · gerrod3 · Aug 20, 2026
diff --git a/.ci/assets/keys/test-key-private.pem b/.ci/assets/keys/test-key-private.pem
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----
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+-----END PRIVATE KEY-----
diff --git a/.ci/assets/keys/test-key.pem b/.ci/assets/keys/test-key.pem
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----
+MIICIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAg8AMIICCgKCAgEAy2Aj0nZaAPeE3vuvAi6r
+Ryd6kyrbclsjNbh5HG/gBABMbUBi6CrcrJhNkEM/McKYgSrAcgJT0wB2WaWCBs6H
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+tgsQGG5zhoKqcx27eGKC1a0CAwEAAQ==
+-----END PUBLIC KEY-----
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/before_install.sh b/.github/workflows/scripts/before_install.sh
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ legacy_component_name: "pulp_python"
 component_name: "python"
 component_version: "${COMPONENT_VERSION}"
 pulp_env: {}
-pulp_settings: {"allowed_export_paths": "/tmp", "allowed_import_paths": "/tmp", "api_root": "/pulp/", "orphan_protection_time": 0, "pypi_api_hostname": "https://pulp:443"}
+pulp_settings: {"allowed_export_paths": "/tmp", "allowed_import_paths": "/tmp", "api_root": "/pulp/", "attestation_verification_key": "/etc/pki/attestation/test-key.pem", "orphan_protection_time": 0, "pypi_api_hostname": "https://pulp:443"}
 pulp_scheme: "https"
 image:
   name: "pulp"
@@ -64,6 +64,10 @@ image:
 extra_files:
   - origin: "pulp_python"
     destination: "pulp_python"
+  - origin: "pulp_python/.ci/assets/keys/test-key.pem"
+    destination: "/etc/pki/attestation/test-key.pem"
+  - origin: "pulp_python/.ci/assets/keys/test-key-private.pem"
+    destination: "/etc/pki/attestation/test-key-private.pem"
 services:
   - name: "pulp"
     image: "pulp:ci_build"

diff --git a/.gitleaks.toml b/.gitleaks.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 [allowlist]
   description = "Allow specific test-keys."
   paths = [
+    '''.ci/assets/keys/test-key-private.pem''',
   ]
   regexes = [
     '''AKIAIT2Z5TDYPX3ARJBA''',

diff --git a/CHANGES/1340.feature b/CHANGES/1340.feature
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Added support for verifying SLSA attestations with a configured public key.
diff --git a/pulp_python/app/provenance.py b/pulp_python/app/provenance.py
@@ -1,12 +1,55 @@
+import json
+import logging
 from typing import Annotated, Literal, Union, get_args
+from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
-from pydantic import BaseModel, ConfigDict, Field
+from cryptography.exceptions import InvalidSignature
+from cryptography.hazmat.primitives import hashes, serialization
+from cryptography.hazmat.primitives.asymmetric import padding as crypto_padding
+from cryptography.x509 import load_der_x509_certificate
+from django.conf import settings
+from pydantic import Base64Bytes, BaseModel, ConfigDict, Field, model_validator
 from pydantic.alias_generators import to_snake
+from pypi_attestations import Attestation as _UpstreamAttestation
 from pypi_attestations import (
-    Attestation,
     Distribution,
+    Envelope,  # noqa - needed in module namespace for Pydantic model rebuild
     Publisher,
+    VerificationError,
 )
+from pypi_attestations import VerificationMaterial as _UpstreamVerificationMaterial
+from sigstore.dsse import Envelope as DSSEEnvelope
+from sigstore.dsse import _pae
+
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+_verification_key_cache = {}
+
+SLSA_PROVENANCE_V02 = "https://slsa.dev/provenance/v0.2"
+
+
+class VerificationMaterial(_UpstreamVerificationMaterial):
+    """Extended verification material that supports optional certificate and public key.
+
+    PEP 740 requires a certificate, but this extension allows attestations signed
+    with a custom key where the certificate is absent. The public_key field is
+    accepted as an extra field and only present in the output when provided.
+    """
+
+    model_config = ConfigDict(extra="allow")
+
+    certificate: Base64Bytes | None = None
+
+    @model_validator(mode="after")
+    def _validate_fields(self):
+        # public_key cannot be present when certificate is present
+        unexpected = set(self.model_extra or {}) - {"public_key"}
+        if unexpected:
+            raise ValueError(f"unexpected fields in verification_material: {unexpected}")
+        public_key = getattr(self, "public_key", None)
+        if self.certificate is not None and public_key is not None:
+            raise ValueError("verification_material cannot contain both certificate and public_key")
+        return self
 
 
 class _PermissivePolicy:
@@ -39,6 +82,21 @@ def _as_policy(self):
 ExtendedPublisher = Annotated[_ExtendedPublisherUnion, Field(union_mode="left_to_right")]
 
 
+class Attestation(_UpstreamAttestation):
+    """
+    Attestation object as defined in PEP 740.
+
+    Inherits from the upstream pypi_attestations.Attestation to keep Sigstore
+    verification methods (to_bundle, verify), but makes verification_material
+    optional to support attestations signed with a custom key instead of Sigstore.
+    """
+
+    verification_material: VerificationMaterial | None = None
+    """
+    Cryptographic materials used to verify `message_signature`.
+    """
+
+
 class AttestationBundle(BaseModel):
     """
     AttestationBundle object as defined in PEP740.
@@ -58,14 +116,149 @@ class Provenance(BaseModel):
     attestation_bundles: list[AttestationBundle]
 
 
+def _load_verification_key():
+    """Load the configured attestation verification public key, with caching."""
+    key_path = getattr(settings, "ATTESTATION_VERIFICATION_KEY", None)
+    if not key_path:
+        return None
+    if key_path not in _verification_key_cache:
+        with open(key_path, "rb") as f:
+            _verification_key_cache[key_path] = serialization.load_pem_public_key(f.read())
+    return _verification_key_cache[key_path]
+
+
+def _has_valid_certificate(attestation):
+    """Check whether the attestation contains a valid X.509 certificate."""
+    try:
+        vm = attestation.verification_material
+        if vm is None:
+            return False
+        cert_bytes = vm.certificate
+        if cert_bytes is None:
+            return False
+        load_der_x509_certificate(cert_bytes)
+        return True
+    except (ValueError, Exception):
+        return False
+
+
+def _verify_statement_subject(attestation, dist):
+    """Validate that the in-toto statement subject matches the distribution.
+
+    Returns the parsed statement dict for downstream use.
+    """
+    try:
+        stmt = json.loads(attestation.envelope.statement)
+    except (json.JSONDecodeError, UnicodeDecodeError) as e:
+        raise VerificationError(f"invalid statement: {e}")
+
+    subjects = stmt.get("subject", [])
+    if len(subjects) != 1:
+        raise VerificationError("expected exactly one subject in statement")
+
+    subject = subjects[0]
+    name = subject.get("name", "")
+    if name != dist.name:
+        raise VerificationError(f"subject does not match distribution name: {name} != {dist.name}")
+
+    digest = subject.get("digest", {}).get("sha256")
+    if digest != dist.digest:
+        raise VerificationError("subject does not match distribution digest")
+
+    return stmt
+
+
+def _enrich_publisher_from_statement(stmt, publisher):
+    """Populate publisher fields from an SLSA v0.2 provenance statement."""
+    if stmt.get("predicateType") != SLSA_PROVENANCE_V02:
+        return
+
+    predicate = stmt.get("predicate", {})
+    builder_id = predicate.get("builder", {}).get("id")
+    build_type = predicate.get("buildType")
+
+    if builder_id:
+        publisher.builder_id = builder_id
+        try:
+            hostname = urlparse(builder_id).hostname
+            if hostname:
+                publisher.kind = hostname
+        except Exception:
+            pass
+
+    if build_type:
+        publisher.build_type = build_type
+
+
+def _verify_signature(attestation, public_key):
+    """Verify the attestation's RSA signature over the DSSE PAE bytes."""
+    statement_bytes = attestation.envelope.statement
+    signature_bytes = attestation.envelope.signature
+    pae = _pae(DSSEEnvelope._TYPE, statement_bytes)
+    try:
+        public_key.verify(
+            signature_bytes,
+            pae,
+            crypto_padding.PKCS1v15(),
+            hashes.SHA256(),
+        )
+    except InvalidSignature as e:
+        raise VerificationError(f"signature verification failed: {e}")
+
+
+def _verify_embedded_key(attestation, server_key):
+    """Verify that the embedded public key matches the server-configured key."""
+    vm = attestation.verification_material
+    public_key = getattr(vm, "public_key", None) if vm else None
+    if public_key is None:
+        return
+    try:
+        embedded_key = serialization.load_pem_public_key(public_key.encode())
+    except (ValueError, Exception) as e:
+        raise VerificationError(f"invalid embedded public key: {e}")
+    server_key_bytes = server_key.public_bytes(
+        serialization.Encoding.PEM,
+        serialization.PublicFormat.SubjectPublicKeyInfo,
+    )
+    embedded_key_bytes = embedded_key.public_bytes(
+        serialization.Encoding.PEM,
+        serialization.PublicFormat.SubjectPublicKeyInfo,
+    )
+    if server_key_bytes != embedded_key_bytes:
+        raise VerificationError(
+            "embedded public key does not match server-configured ATTESTATION_VERIFICATION_KEY"
+        )
+
+
 def verify_provenance(filename, sha256, provenance, offline=True):
-    """Verify the provenance object is valid for the package."""
+    """Verify the provenance object is valid for the package.
+
+    Attestations with valid Sigstore certificates are verified through the
+    standard Sigstore path. Attestations without certificates are verified
+    against a custom public key configured via ATTESTATION_VERIFICATION_KEY.
+    Currently, it supports RSA PKCS1v15 signatures and SLSA v0.2 provenance
+    publisher enrichment.
+    """
     dist = Distribution(name=filename, digest=sha256)
+    verification_key = _load_verification_key()
     for bundle in provenance.attestation_bundles:
         publisher = bundle.publisher
-        policy = publisher._as_policy()
         for attestation in bundle.attestations:
-            sig_bundle = attestation.to_bundle()
-            checkpoint = sig_bundle.log_entry._inner.inclusion_proof.checkpoint
-            staging = "sigstage.dev" in checkpoint.envelope
-            attestation.verify(policy, dist, staging=staging, offline=offline)
+            if _has_valid_certificate(attestation):
+                policy = publisher._as_policy()
+                sig_bundle = attestation.to_bundle()
+                checkpoint = sig_bundle.log_entry._inner.inclusion_proof.checkpoint
+                staging = "sigstage.dev" in checkpoint.envelope
+                attestation.verify(policy, dist, staging=staging, offline=offline)
+            else:
+                stmt = _verify_statement_subject(attestation, dist)
+                _enrich_publisher_from_statement(stmt, publisher)
+                if verification_key:
+                    _verify_signature(attestation, verification_key)
+                    _verify_embedded_key(attestation, verification_key)
+                else:
+                    raise VerificationError(
+                        "Attestation has no Sigstore certificate or no custom "
+                        "verification key configured via ATTESTATION_VERIFICATION_KEY "
+                        "(embedded key in verification_material is optional)"
+                    )
diff --git a/pulp_python/app/pypi/serializers.py b/pulp_python/app/pypi/serializers.py
@@ -3,12 +3,19 @@
 
 from django.db.utils import IntegrityError
 from pydantic import TypeAdapter, ValidationError
+from pypi_attestations import AttestationError
 from rest_framework import serializers
 
 from pulpcore.plugin.models import Artifact
 from pulpcore.plugin.util import get_domain
 
-from pulp_python.app.provenance import Attestation
+from pulp_python.app.provenance import (
+    AnyPublisher,
+    Attestation,
+    AttestationBundle,
+    Provenance,
+    verify_provenance,
+)
 from pulp_python.app.utils import DIST_EXTENSIONS, SUPPORTED_METADATA_VERSIONS
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -110,15 +117,25 @@ def validate(self, data):
                 }
             )
 
+        sha256 = data.get("sha256_digest")
         if attestations := data.get("attestations"):
             try:
                 attestations = TypeAdapter(list[Attestation]).validate_python(attestations)
             except ValidationError as e:
                 raise serializers.ValidationError(
                     {"attestations": _("The uploaded attestations are not valid: {}").format(e)}
                 )
+            if attestations and sha256:
+                publisher = AnyPublisher(kind="Pulp User")
+                att_bundle = AttestationBundle(publisher=publisher, attestations=attestations)
+                provenance = Provenance(attestation_bundles=[att_bundle])
+                try:
+                    verify_provenance(file.name, sha256, provenance, offline=True)
+                except AttestationError as e:
+                    raise serializers.ValidationError(
+                        {"attestations": _("Attestations failed verification: {}").format(e)}
+                    )
 
-        sha256 = data.get("sha256_digest")
         digests = {"sha256": sha256} if sha256 else None
         artifact = Artifact.init_and_validate(file, expected_digests=digests)
         try:

diff --git a/pulp_python/app/settings.py b/pulp_python/app/settings.py
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 PYPI_API_HOSTNAME = "https://" + socket.getfqdn()
 PYPI_PATH_PREFIX = "/pypi/"
 
+ATTESTATION_VERIFICATION_KEY = None
+
 DRF_ACCESS_POLICY = {
     "dynaconf_merge_unique": True,
     "reusable_conditions": ["pulp_python.app.global_access_conditions"],
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		@@ -0,0 +1 @@
		Added support for verifying SLSA attestations with a configured public key.