cosign download sbom fails when the remote image is absent

[thesayyn]

Description

This is related to https://github.com/sigstore/cosign/issues/1905

Currently, when trying to download a sbom attached to an image via a digest, it fails trying to look up for the original image.

Error;

Error: entity not found in registry
main.go:46: error during command execution: entity not found in registry

Ideally, this command shouldn't go look up to see if the image really exists.

What I am trying to do;

1 - build an image locally 2 - get its digest 3 - call cosign sign repo@digest and sign the image at remote 4 - call cosign attach sbom repo@digest --sbom <path> 5 - call cosign download sbom repo@digest (for verifying purposes) 6 - push the image

Version

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cosign: A tool for Container Signing, Verification and Storage in an OCI registry.

GitVersion:    1.8.0
GitCommit:     9ef6b207218572b3257a5b4251418d75569baaae
GitTreeState:  "clean"
BuildDate:     2022-04-27T13:40:34Z
GoVersion:     go1.18.1
Compiler:      gc
Platform:      darwin/arm64

[paolomainardi]

I can try to take this one if it is still available.

[paolomainardi]

cc @znewman01 sorry for bothering you, just wanted to know if this one is still available and useful, i can try to do it.

[znewman01]

Go for it! Thanks 😄

[paolomainardi]

Thanks!

[paolomainardi]

I think this is not more reproducible since #1905 does not allow the signing of not existing images.

This an image I built locally and not yet pushed to the registry:

Error: signing [ghcr.io/paolomainardi/idi2023-sigstore-demo@sha256:0de516ea0f07af1b3e86dda35283f2cb00eeb34df08399978af177109d666a0d]: accessing image: entity not fo
und in registry
main.go:62: error during command execution: signing [ghcr.io/paolomainardi/idi2023-sigstore-demo@sha256:0de516ea0f07af1b3e86dda35283f2cb00eeb34df08399978af177109d666a0d]: accessing image: entity not found in registry

[znewman01]

You don't need to fix #1905 to repro this:

$ DIGEST=$(crane digest cgr.dev/chainguard/static)
$ crane copy cgr.dev/chainguard/static@$DIGEST ttl.sh/zjn-test:1h
$ cosign sign ttl.sh/zjn-test@$DIGEST
$ cosign attach sbom ttl.sh/zjn-test@$DIGEST  --sbom <(echo "{}")
$ cosign download sbom ttl.sh/zjn-test@$DIGEST  # works
$ crane delete ttl.sh/zjn-test@$DIGEST
$ cosign download sbom ttl.sh/zjn-test@$DIGEST
WARNING: Downloading SBOMs this way does not ensure its authenticity. If you want to ensure a tamper-proof SBOM, download it using 'cosign download attestation <image uri>' or verify its signature using 'cosign verify --key <key path> --attachment sbom <image uri>'.
Error: entity not found in registry
main.go:74: error during command execution: entity not found in registry

[vishal-chdhry]

@znewman01 @paolomainardi I have created a PR that will close this