GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Go

GHSA-9m43-p3cx-w8j5 malcontent OCI image pull credential exfiltration via malicious registry token realm

MEDIUM Published 2026-01-29 Modified 2026-01-31 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2026-24845
Ecosystem
Go
Packages
github.com/chainguard-dev/malcontent
Severity
Moderate
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-522
Reviewed
2026-01-29

Affected packages

• Go github.com/chainguard-dev/malcontent: >= 0.10.0, < 1.20.3 → fixed in 1.20.3

Description

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.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2026-24845 malcontent discovers supply-chain compromises through. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-522 Insufficiently Protected Credentials weakness

References