CVE-2026-24845

MEDIUM

Chainguard-dev Malcontent - Insufficiently Protected Credentials

Title source: rule

Description

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-controlled endpoint, causing credentials to be sent to that endpoint. Version 1.20.3 fixes the issue by defaulting to anonymous auth for OCI pulls.

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0003
EPSS Percentile 7.3%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Classification

CWE
CWE-522
Status published

Affected Products (2)

chainguard-dev/malcontent < 1.20.3Go
chainguard/malcontent < 1.20.3

Timeline

Published Jan 29, 2026
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026