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Refs #3195

Backports the CI hardening that main received for the eMudhra/emSign CA key compromise (CVE-2026-111943, CVE-2026-115557) to 12.9.x. The cuda-bindings wheels built here are also consumed by main, whose previous-CUDA-major cuda-core wheel is built against the latest 12.9.x CI run, so this branch's build workflow affects main releases as well.

  • upgrade-ca-certificates action: first step of build-wheel.yml (CI: add eMudhra/emSign CA stopgap for GitHub-hosted Windows runners #3270).
  • setup-hardened-python action: replaces actions/setup-python plus harden-pip in build-wheel.yml and test-wheel-{linux,windows}.yml (CI: install eMudhra-fixed Pythons with a pinned uv #3275). This branch still builds and tests Python 3.10, which has no fixed release, so for series older than 3.11 the action warns and installs the sha256-pinned pip 26.2.2 wheel instead of failing. The Python include path is derived from sysconfig because uv interpreters are not at Python3_ROOT_DIR. cibuildwheel now runs with the hardened host Python (python-path).
  • cibuildwheel: install the sha256-pinned pip 26.2.2 in CIBW_BEFORE_BUILD_LINUX and CIBW_BEFORE_BUILD_WINDOWS before anything else is downloaded. Linux had no before-build step and Windows ran an unpinned pip install delvewheel.
  • fetch_ctk: verify the CTK redistrib JSON against a pinned sha256 and each component archive against the sha256 in that JSON before extracting it, failing closed on a mismatch (new ci/tools/fetch_ctk_redistrib.py, with unit tests). The curl download no longer passes -k, which disabled TLS verification. Pinned versions: 11.8.0, 12.0.1, 12.6.3, 12.9.1, 13.0.1, 13.0.2 and 13.4.2; unpinned versions only warn.
  • install_gpu_driver.ps1: verify the fixed Windows driver installer against a pinned sha256 before running it as admin (CI: verify GPU driver installer SHA-256 before execution #3249, for this branch's single installer).

This branch has no sccache and no Linux driver install script, so install-sccache and the Linux part of #3249 do not apply. Not backported: the runner trust probe and the "Enable Git symlinks" steps.

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The harden-pip action is removed because setup-hardened-python subsumes it. This branch keeps the pip frontend in cibuildwheel and fixes pip instead of switching to build[uv].

Validation: the new unit tests pass locally, the pre-commit hooks pass, and the pinned redistrib hashes were re-checked against the live JSONs (the 12.9.1 hash matches the one pinned on 13.4.x). The driver installer hash was computed from two independent downloads that agree. The workflow changes have not run on GitHub Actions yet, so CI on this PR is the real test, in particular the Windows jobs and the Python 3.10 fallback.

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  • New or existing tests cover these changes.
  • The documentation is up to date with these changes.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Reliability & Security
    • CUDA toolkit archives and Windows driver installers are verified against published checksums before use.
    • Build and wheel-test workflows now use a consistent Python setup with version checks and pinned package installation.
    • Hosted build runners check and update affected certificate stores, helping ensure certificate validation remains reliable.
  • Bug Fixes
    • CUDA component downloads use metadata matched to the requested CUDA version, with stricter archive verification before extraction.

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… backport)

Backport the CI hardening that main received for the eMudhra/emSign CA key
compromise (CVE-2026-111943, CVE-2026-115557), so that wheels released from
this branch, and the cuda-core wheels on main that are built against this
branch's cuda-bindings wheels, are built with patched tooling and verified
downloads:

- upgrade-ca-certificates: upgrade ca-certificates on GitHub-hosted Linux
  and distrust the compromised intermediates on GitHub-hosted Windows, as
  the first step of build-wheel.yml (NVIDIA#3270).
- setup-hardened-python: install interpreters with a pinned uv and fail on
  unpatched ones, replacing actions/setup-python + harden-pip in
  build-wheel.yml and test-wheel-{linux,windows}.yml (NVIDIA#3275). This branch
  still builds and tests Python 3.10, which has no fixed release; for series
  older than 3.11 the action warns and installs pip from the sha256-pinned
  26.2.2 wheel instead of failing. cibuildwheel now runs with the hardened
  host Python (`python-path`), and the Python include path is derived from
  sysconfig because uv interpreters are not at Python3_ROOT_DIR.
- cibuildwheel: install the sha256-pinned pip 26.2.2 in
  CIBW_BEFORE_BUILD_LINUX and CIBW_BEFORE_BUILD_WINDOWS before anything else
  is downloaded (Linux had no before-build step; Windows ran an unpinned
  `pip install delvewheel`).
- fetch_ctk: verify the CTK redistrib JSON against a pinned sha256 and every
  component archive against the sha256 in that JSON before extracting it,
  failing closed on a mismatch (ci/tools/fetch_ctk_redistrib.py, with
  tests). Also stop passing `-k` to curl, which disabled TLS verification
  for the archive downloads.
- install_gpu_driver.ps1: verify the fixed Windows driver installer against
  a pinned sha256 before running it as admin (NVIDIA#3249 for this branch's single
  installer).

This branch has no sccache and no Linux driver install script, so the
install-sccache action and the Linux part of NVIDIA#3249 do not apply. Not
backported: the runner trust probe and the "Enable Git symlinks" steps.

Refs NVIDIA#3195
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Walkthrough

The PR adds metadata-based verification for CUDA redistributable downloads, hardened Python and certificate setup for wheel workflows, and SHA-256 verification for the GPU driver installer.

Changes

CUDA Redistributable Downloads

Layer / File(s) Summary
Redistributable metadata lookup and tests
ci/tools/fetch_ctk_redistrib.py, ci/tools/tests/test_fetch_ctk_redistrib.py
A new CLI filters components, resolves archive paths and hashes from redistributable metadata, and checks pinned metadata hashes. Tests cover lookups, aliases, errors, metadata verification, and CLI results.
Metadata-backed archive downloads
.github/actions/fetch_ctk/action.yml
The action verifies downloaded metadata and uses the helper to resolve component archive paths and SHA-256 values. It checks archives before extraction and no longer uses curl -k.

CI Environment Hardening

Layer / File(s) Summary
Certificate trust checks and updates
.github/actions/upgrade-ca-certificates/*
A new action checks certificate trust on hosted Windows and Linux runners. Windows loads and explicitly distrusts the listed certificates. Linux checks the CA bundle and upgrades ca-certificates when the target fingerprint is present.
Hardened Python setup
.github/actions/setup-hardened-python/action.yml, .github/actions/harden-pip/action.yml
A new action installs Python and a virtual environment, checks interpreter paths and fixed-version thresholds, and installs pip based on the interpreter status. The previous pip-only action is removed.
Wheel workflow integration
.github/workflows/build-wheel.yml, .github/workflows/test-wheel-linux.yml, .github/workflows/test-wheel-windows.yml
The workflows use the hardened Python action. The build workflow also runs certificate hardening, installs pinned pip for cibuildwheel builds, and gets Python include paths from sysconfig.

GPU Driver Installer Verification

Layer / File(s) Summary
Driver installer hash verification
.github/workflows/install_gpu_driver.ps1
The script checks the downloaded installer against a pinned SHA-256 hash and stops if the hash does not match.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Change: Other

Possibly related issues

  • NVIDIA/cuda-python issue 3257: This PR adds related CA trust hardening, but does not include the temporary runner trust-store probe mentioned in the issue.

Suggested labels: github_actions, ci-workflow-health, cuda.bindings, cuda.core

Suggested reviewers: rwgk, jpascucci-nv

Merge Risk: Moderate · up to ec561

This backport hardens CI against the CA compromise. As written, old cached CUDA components can bypass the new hash checks, and the Linux test container does not get an updated CA bundle. Change the cache key prefix, update the container CA bundle, and confirm the Linux runner versions before merging.

Pre-merge checks: Passed 4 · Failed 1

Failed Failed checks: 1 warning

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The title names the CI hardening of build-wheel.yml for the eMudhra/emSign CA incident, which matches the main theme of the PR. The changeset also covers the other CI hardening steps, such as the CA certificate upgrade, hardened Python setup, pinned pip, CTK redistrib verification, and driver installer verification. The title does not name these, but the title does not need to cover every detail. The 12.9.x backport note is accurate to the PR objectives.

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Resolution

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A rabbit checks the hashes in flight
And guards the bundles day and night
Python steps now take a safer track
CUDA archives get checks before unpack
The runner’s trust is brought in line
Then hops away, its work all fine

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Inline comments:
Review comments at @.github/actions/fetch_ctk/action.yml:
- Around line 87-89: Update the cache-key and cache-filename prefixes used by
the mini-CTK workflow to a new verified version so entries created before
`verify-metadata` and the archive SHA-256 checks cannot match; keep the CUDA
version, host platform, and component hash portions unchanged.

Review comments at @.github/workflows/build-wheel.yml:
- Line 50: Verify that the runners used by the linux-amd64-cpu8 and
linux-arm64-cpu8 pools are version 2.336.0 or newer before relying on the
self-repository action syntax in the upgrade-ca-certificates step; if either
pool is older, adjust the workflow to avoid that syntax until the runner
requirement is met.

Review comments at @.github/workflows/test-wheel-linux.yml:
- Line 218: Update the Linux test job so ca-certificates is upgraded before its
first HTTPS download; place the CA refresh after the Install dependencies step
and before Set environment variables, without changing the hardened Python
action.

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  • .github/actions/fetch_ctk/action.yml
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  • .github/actions/upgrade-ca-certificates/emudhra_intermediates.ps1
  • .github/actions/upgrade-ca-certificates/impacted-intermediates.json
  • .github/workflows/build-wheel.yml
  • .github/workflows/install_gpu_driver.ps1
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Two follow-ups from CodeRabbit review of the eMudhra hardening backport:

- fetch_ctk: add 'verified' prefix to CTK_CACHE_KEY / CTK_CACHE_FILENAME so
  that cache entries written before the hash-verification logic was introduced
  cannot hit and bypass the new verify-metadata / archive SHA-256 checks.

- test-wheel-linux: upgrade ca-certificates inside the ubuntu:22.04 test
  container before its first HTTPS operation. The host-level
  upgrade-ca-certificates action does not affect the container, so the
  container's trust store could otherwise still accept the compromised
  eMudhra/emSign intermediates.
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/ok to test b00b54e

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LGTM based on a codex review, as reported on the companion PR:

#3305 (review)

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