PT-2026-5353 · Google+1 · Google/Go-Containerregistry+1

1Seal · Published 2026-01-29 · Updated 2026-03-03 · CVE-2026-24845

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions malcontent versions 0.10.0 through 1.20.3

Description malcontent could reveal Docker registry credentials when scanning a manipulated OCI image reference. The software utilizes google/go-containerregistry for OCI image pulls, which defaults to the Docker credential keychain. A malicious registry could send a WWW-Authenticate header, redirecting token authentication to an attacker-controlled endpoint, potentially transmitting credentials to that endpoint. The issue stems from how malcontent handles OCI image pulls and the default authentication mechanism used by google/go-containerregistry.

Recommendations versions prior to 1.20.3 should be updated to version 1.20.3 or later.

Exploit

Fix

Insufficiently Protected Credentials

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-522

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-24845

GHSA-9M43-P3CX-W8J5

GO-2026-4392

SUSE-SU-2026:0757-1

Affected Products

Google/Go-Containerregistry

Malcontent

References · 116

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/24xxx/CVE-2026-24845.json · Exploit
• https://github.com/chainguard-dev/malcontent/security/advisories/GHSA-9m43-p3cx-w8j5 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/chainguard-dev/malcontent/commit/538ed00cdc639d687a4bd1e843a2be0428a3b3e7 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GO-2026-4392 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-24845 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-24845 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-9m43-p3cx-w8j5 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2026:0757-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/chainguard-dev/malcontent · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-18912 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-14435 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-24122 · Note
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/2017093529881772383 · Twitter Post
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-26205 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-18911 · Note