CVE Explorer
CVE-2026-24845
malcontent discovers supply-chain compromises through. context, differential analysis, and YARA. Starting in version 0.10.0 and prior to version 1.20.3, malcontent could be made to expose Docker registry credentials if it scanned a specially crafted OCI image reference. malcontent uses google/go-containerregistry for OCI image pulls, which by default uses the Docker credential keychain. A malicious registry could return a `WWW-Authenticate` header redirecting token authentication to an attacker-
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"product":"malcontent","vendor":"chainguard-dev","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":">= 0.10.0, < 1.20.3"}]}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5affectedurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:8934d2b7dca4ea1bd14f80c967b519a6644f0fad59461a19d01102b42edfd09a · sha256:2720623c190e9573… · /containers/cna/affected/0
Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"NETWORK","availabilityImpact":"NONE","baseScore":6.5,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"NONE","privilegesRequired":"NONE","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"REQUIRED","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cvssurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:8934d2b7dca4ea1bd14f80c967b519a6644f0fad59461a19d01102b42edfd09a · sha256:2720623c190e9573… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV3_1
CWE assertions
1 source assertion{"cweId":"CWE-522","description":"CWE-522: Insufficiently Protected Credentials","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:8934d2b7dca4ea1bd14f80c967b519a6644f0fad59461a19d01102b42edfd09a · sha256:2720623c190e9573… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Source references
2 source assertions{"name":"https://github.com/chainguard-dev/malcontent/commit/538ed00cdc639d687a4bd1e843a2be0428a3b3e7","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"],"url":"https://github.com/chainguard-dev/malcontent/commit/538ed00cdc639d687a4bd1e843a2be0428a3b3e7"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:8934d2b7dca4ea1bd14f80c967b519a6644f0fad59461a19d01102b42edfd09a · sha256:2720623c190e9573… · /containers/cna/references/1
{"name":"https://github.com/chainguard-dev/malcontent/security/advisories/GHSA-9m43-p3cx-w8j5","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"],"url":"https://github.com/chainguard-dev/malcontent/security/advisories/GHSA-9m43-p3cx-w8j5"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:8934d2b7dca4ea1bd14f80c967b519a6644f0fad59461a19d01102b42edfd09a · sha256:2720623c190e9573… · /containers/cna/references/0
Attribution and limitations
- CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →
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