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Vulnerability · CVE-2026-33634

Aquasecurity Trivy Embedded Malicious Code Vulnerability

Published Mar 23, 2026 · catalog updated Sep 10, 2026 · Aquasecurity Trivy

Patch now

CVE-2026-33634 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Apr 9, 2026. Confirm Aquasecurity Trivy against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Severity
Critical9.4
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
1.68%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
GitHub Actions aquasecurity/setup-trivy · GitHub Actions aquasecurity/trivy-action · Go github.com/aquasecurity/trivy · cpe aquasec/setup-trivy · cpe aquasec/trivy · cpe aquasec/trivy action

## Summary On March 19, 2026, a threat actor used compromised credentials to publish a malicious Trivy v0.69.4 release, force-push 76 of 77 version tags in to credential-stealing malware, and replace all 7 tags in with malicious commits. On March 22, 2026, a threat actor used compromised credentials to publish a malicious Trivy v0.69.5 and v0.69.6 DockerHub images. ## Exposure Window | Component | Start (UTC) | End (UTC) | Duration | | ------------- | ---------------------- | ----------------- | --------- | | trivy v0.69.4 | 2026-03-19 18:22 [^1] | 2026-03-19 ~21:42 | ~3 hours | | trivy-action | 2026-03-19 ~17:43 [^2] | 2026-03-20 ~05:40 | ~12 hours | | setup-trivy | 2026-03-19 ~17:43 [^2] | 2026-03-19 ~21:44 | ~4 hours | | dockerhub trivy images v0.69.5 and v0.69.6 | 2026-03-22 15:43 | 2026-03-23 ~01:40 | ~10 hours | [^1]: Time when v0.69.4 release artifacts became publicly available. The malicious tag was pushed at ~17:43 UTC, triggering the release pipeline. [^2]: Earliest suspicious activity observed in our audit log. ## Affected Components Note that all malicious components, artifacts, commits, etc have been removed from all sources and destinations (yet they may linger in intermediary caches). Use this information to understand if you have been exposed to the malicious artifacts during the exposure window. ### binary and image You are affected if you used: 1. trivy binaries version v0.69.4 (or latest during the exposure window) distributed via GitHub, Deb, RPM. 2. trivy container images v0.69.4 (or latest during the exposure window) distributed via GHCR, ECR public, Docker Hub. 3. trivy container images v0.69.5 and v0.69.6 (or latest during the exposure window) distributed via Docker Hub. You are not affected if you used: 1. trivy (binary or image) version v0.69.3 or earlier. 1. v0.69.3 is protected by GitHub's [immutable releases](https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/releasing-projects-on-github/managing-releases-in-a-repository#creating-a-release) feature

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  • GitHub Actions aquasecurity/setup-trivy0 → 0.2.6
  • GitHub Actions aquasecurity/trivy-action0 → 0.35.0
  • Go github.com/aquasecurity/trivy0.69.4
  • cpe aquasec/setup-trivyversion unspecified
  • cpe aquasec/trivy0.69.4
  • cpe aquasec/trivy actionversion unspecified
  • cpe litellm/litellm1.82.7
  • cpe litellm/litellm1.82.8
  • cpe telnyx/telnyx4.87.1
  • cpe telnyx/telnyx4.87.2
  • vendor Aquasecurity Trivyversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2026-33634

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2026-33634 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Apr 9, 2026. Confirm Aquasecurity Trivy against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with 0 → 0.2.6, 0 → 0.35.0, 0.69.4, 1.82.7, 1.82.8, 4.87.1. Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-506. EPSS 1.68%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Mar 23, 2026 · Catalog

    Detected

    Trivy is a security scanner. On March 19, 2026, a threat actor used compromised credentials to publish a malicious Trivy v0.69.4 release, force-push 76 of 77 version tags in to credential-stealing malware, and replace all 7 tags in with malicious commits. This incident is a continuation of the supply chain attack that began in late February 2026. Following the initial disclosure on March 1, creden

  2. Mar 26, 2026 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

  3. Apr 9, 2026 · CISA KEV

    Remediation due

    Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

  4. Jun 17, 2026 · Catalog

    Updated

    Trivy is a security scanner. On March 19, 2026, a threat actor used compromised credentials to publish a malicious Trivy v0.69.4 release, force-push 76 of 77 version tags in to credential-stealing malware, and replace all 7 tags in with malicious commits. This incident is a continuation of the supply chain attack that began in late February 2026. Following the initial disclosure on March 1, creden

  5. Jun 17, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    Trivy is a security scanner. On March 19, 2026, a threat actor used compromised credentials to publish a malicious Trivy v0.69.4 release, force-push 76 of 77 version tags in to credential-stealing malware, and replace all 7 tags in with malicious commits. This incident is a continuation of the supply chain attack that began in late February 2026. Following the initial disclosure on March 1, creden

  6. Sep 10, 2026 · GitHub Advisory Database

    Fix available

    aquasecurity/trivy-action fixed in 0.35.0; aquasecurity/setup-trivy fixed in 0.2.6

  7. Sep 10, 2026 · GitHub Advisory Database

    Fix available

    aquasecurity/trivy-action fixed in 0.35.0

  8. Sep 10, 2026 · GitHub Advisory Database

    Fix available

    aquasecurity/setup-trivy fixed in 0.2.6

  9. Sep 10, 2026 · GitHub Advisory Database

    Updated

    ## Summary On March 19, 2026, a threat actor used compromised credentials to publish a malicious Trivy v0.69.4 release, force-push 76 of 77 version tags in to credential-stealing malware, and replace all 7 tags in with malicious commits. On March 22, 2026, a threat actor used compromised credentials to publish a malicious Trivy v0.69.5 and v0.69.6 DockerHub images. ## Exposure Window | Component |

Sources

  • CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2026-33634

    Aquasecurity Trivy contains an embedded malicious code vulnerability that could allow an attacker to gain access to everything in the CI/CD environment, including all tokens, SSH keys, cloud credentials, database passwords, and any sensitive configuration in memory.

    cisa.gov
  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-33634

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2026-33634

    30-day exploitation probability 1.7%

    first.org
  • GitHub Advisory DatabasePackage advisoryGHSA-69fq-xp46-6x23

    GitHub Advisory Database record mirrored by OSV.

    github.com
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-33634

    Trivy is a security scanner. On March 19, 2026, a threat actor used compromised credentials to publish a malicious Trivy v0.69.4 release, force-push 76 of 77 version tags in to credential-stealing malware, and replace all 7 tags in `aquasecurity/setup-

    nvd.nist.gov
  • OpenSSF OSV / OSV ScannerPackage advisoryGHSA-69fq-xp46-6x23

    Trivy ecosystem supply chain was briefly compromised

    osv.dev
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2026-33634

    Aquasecurity Trivy contains an embedded malicious code vulnerability that could allow an attacker to gain access to everything in the CI/CD environment, including all tokens, SSH keys, cloud credentials, database passwords, and any sensitive configuration in memory.

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.