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CVE-2026-24845: malcontent OCI image pull credential exfiltration via malicious registry token realm

January 29, 2026 (updated January 31, 2026)

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-controlled endpoint, causing credentials to be sent to that endpoint.

Fix: Default to anonymous auth for OCI pulls

Acknowledgements

Thank you to Oleh Konko from 1seal for discovering and reporting this issue.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-9m43-p3cx-w8j5
  • github.com/chainguard-dev/malcontent
  • github.com/chainguard-dev/malcontent/commit/538ed00cdc639d687a4bd1e843a2be0428a3b3e7
  • github.com/chainguard-dev/malcontent/security/advisories/GHSA-9m43-p3cx-w8j5
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-24845

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 0.10.0 before 1.20.3

Fixed versions

  • 1.20.3

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.20.3 or above.

Impact 6.5 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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Weakness

  • CWE-522: Insufficiently Protected Credentials

Source file

go/github.com/chainguard-dev/malcontent/CVE-2026-24845.yml

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