CVE-2024-35192 is a medium-severity (CVSS 5.5) CWE-522 vulnerability in github.com/aquasecurity/trivy. A fix is available for github.com/aquasecurity/trivy — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Trivy possibly leaks registry credential when scanning images from malicious registries
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation observed yet
- CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for CVE-2024-35192.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
How urgent is this, really
Where this sits among everything scored
Real-World Exposure
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Description
Impact
If a malicious actor is able to trigger Trivy to scan container images from a crafted malicious registry, it could result in the leakage of credentials for legitimate registries such as AWS Elastic Container Registry (ECR), Google Cloud Artifact/Container Registry, or Azure Container Registry (ACR). These tokens can then be used to push/pull images from those registries to which the identity/user running Trivy has access.
Taking AWS as an example, the leakage only occurs when Trivy is able to transparently obtain registry credentials from the default credential provider chain. You are affected if Trivy is executed in any of the following situations:
- The environment variables contain static AWS credentials (AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID, AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY, AWS_SESSION_TOKEN) that have access to ECR.
- Within a Pod running on an EKS cluster that has been assigned a role with access to ECR using an IAM Roles for Service Accounts (IRSA) annotation.
- etc.
You are not affected if the default credential provider chain is unable to obtain valid credentials. The same applies to GCP and Azure.
Workarounds
If you are using Trivy v0.51.2 or later, you are not affected. If you are using Trivy v0.51.1 or prior, you should ensure you only scan images from trusted registries.
This vulnerability only applies when scanning container images directly from a registry. If you use Docker, containerd or other runtime to pull images locally and scan them with Trivy, you are not affected. To enforce this behavior, you can use the --image-src flag to select which sources you trust.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐹Go | github.com/aquasecurity/trivy | all versions | 0.51.2go get github.com/aquasecurity/trivy@v0.51.2 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for github.com/aquasecurity/trivy, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update github.com/aquasecurity/trivy to 0.51.2 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2024-35192 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
Frequently Asked Questions
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