CVE-2026-28909 (GCVE-0-2026-28909)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-30 22:00 – Updated: 2026-05-01 13:57
VLAI
Summary
Users who connect to malicious registries with hostnames matching the bypass patterns will have their registry credentials exposed in plaintext. This issue is fixed in container version 0.12.3.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • Users who connect to malicious registries with hostnames matching the bypass patterns will have their registry credentials exposed in plaintext.
  • CWE-522 - Insufficiently Protected Credentials
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Apple macOS Affected: 0.12.1 , < 0.12.3 (custom)
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