VYPR
Moderate severityOSV Advisory· Published Jan 29, 2026· Updated Jan 29, 2026

malcontent's OCI image scanning could expose registry credentials

CVE-2026-24845

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.

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Affected packages

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PackageAffected versionsPatched versions
github.com/chainguard-dev/malcontentGo
>= 0.10.0, < 1.20.31.20.3

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