Insufficiently Protected Credentials Affecting github.com/chainguard-dev/malcontent/pkg/action package, versions >=0.10.0 <1.20.3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.34% (27th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMCHAINGUARDDEVMALCONTENTPKGACTION-15156690
  • published30 Jan 2026
  • disclosed29 Jan 2026
  • creditOleh Konko

Introduced: 29 Jan 2026

CVE-2026-24845  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-522  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade github.com/chainguard-dev/malcontent/pkg/action to version 1.20.3 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Insufficiently Protected Credentials via the OCI image pull process. An attacker can obtain sensitive authentication credentials by crafting a malicious registry that returns a WWW-Authenticate header redirecting token authentication to an attacker-controlled endpoint.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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version 3.1