# CVE-2026-24845: malcontent OCI image pull credential exfiltration via malicious registry token realm

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-24845-malcontent-oci-image-pull-credential-exfiltration-via-malicious  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2026-02-19  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2026-24845 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2026-02-19

malcontent OCI image pull credential exfiltration via malicious registry token realm in github.com/chainguard-dev/malcontent

Technologies: [github.com/chainguard-dev/malcontent (Go)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/github-com-chainguard-dev-malcontent). Vendors: [Go](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/go).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2026-24845 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-24845 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2026-24845?** Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 19 February 2026.

**Which products and versions are affected?** github.com/chainguard-dev/bincapz (Go) SEMVER:introduced=0.10.0; github.com/chainguard-dev/malcontent (Go) SEMVER:introduced=0,fixed=1.20.3, SEMVER:introduced=0.10.0,fixed=1.20.3.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2026-24845?** Yes. github.com/chainguard-dev/malcontent (Go): upgrade to 1.20.3 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**Am I affected by CVE-2026-24845?** Check whether you run github.com/chainguard-dev/bincapz (Go) or github.com/chainguard-dev/malcontent (Go) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## How to fix

- github.com/chainguard-dev/malcontent (Go): upgrade to 1.20.3 or later

  ```sh
  go get github.com/chainguard-dev/malcontent@v1.20.3
  ```


## Affected products

- github.com/chainguard-dev/bincapz (Go) SEMVER:introduced=0.10.0
- github.com/chainguard-dev/malcontent (Go) SEMVER:introduced=0,fixed=1.20.3, SEMVER:introduced=0.10.0,fixed=1.20.3

## Identifiers

- CVE-2026-24845
- GHSA-9m43-p3cx-w8j5
- GO-2026-4392

## Related threats

- [malcontent: Nested archive extraction failure can drop content from scan inputs](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-28407-malcontent-nested-archive-extraction-failure-can-drop-content)
- [GO-2026-4583 - malcontent: Error-path cleanup gap can leak scanners and fds and degrade availability in…](https://junglewise.ai/threats/go-2026-4583-malcontent-error-path-cleanup-gap-can-leak-scanners-and-ff1413ad)
- [malcontent: Error-path cleanup gap can leak scanners and fds and degrade availability](https://junglewise.ai/threats/malcontent-error-path-cleanup-gap-can-leak-scanners-and-fds-and-degrade-b4b87df9)
- [malcontent vulnerable to symlink Path Traversal via handleSymlink argument confusion in archive extraction](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-24846-malcontent-vulnerable-to-symlink-path-traversal-via-handlesymlink)