What is CVE-2026-24845?

CVE-2026-24845 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Chainguard-dev Malcontent, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-01-29.

How severe is CVE-2026-24845?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Chainguard-dev Malcontent

CVE-2026-24845

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 special…

EPSS: 0.000 (10.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Chainguard-dev Malcontent — versions >= 0.10.0, < 1.20.3

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-522 — Insufficiently Protected Credentials

References

https://github.com/chainguard-dev/malcontent/security/advisories/GHSA-9m43-p3cx-w8j5 (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
https://github.com/chainguard-dev/malcontent/commit/538ed00cdc639d687a4bd1e843a2be0428a3b3e7 (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-24845?: CVE-2026-24845 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Chainguard-dev Malcontent, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-01-29.
How severe is CVE-2026-24845?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.