CVE-2026-33634
March 23, 2026
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 "aquasecurity/trivy-action" to credential-stealing malware, and replace all 7 tags in "aquasecurity/setup-trivy" 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, credential rotation was performed but was not atomic (not all credentials were revoked simultaneously). The attacker could have use a valid token to exfiltrate newly rotated secrets during the rotation window (which lasted a few days). This could have allowed the attacker to retain access and execute the March 19 attack. Affected components include the "aquasecurity/trivy" Go / Container image version 0.69.4, the "aquasecurity/trivy-action" GitHub Action versions 0.0.1 – 0.34.2 (76/77), and the"aquasecurity/setup-trivy" GitHub Action versions 0.2.0 – 0.2.6, prior to the recreation of 0.2.6 with a safe commit. Known safe versions include versions 0.69.2 and 0.69.3 of the Trivy binary, version 0.35.0 of trivy-action, and version 0.2.6 of setup-trivy. Additionally, take other mitigations to ensure the safety of secrets. If there is any possibility that a compromised version ran in one's environment, all secrets accessible to affected pipelines must be treated as exposed and rotated immediately. Check whether one's organization pulled or executed Trivy v0.69.4 from any source. Remove any affected artifacts immediately. Review all workflows using "aquasecurity/trivy-action" or "aquasecurity/setup-trivy". Those who referenced a version tag rather than a full commit SHA should check workflow run logs from March 19–20, 2026 for signs of compromise. Look for repositories named "tpcp-docs" in one's GitHub organization. The presence of such a repository may indicate that the fallback exfiltration mechanism was triggered and secrets were successfully stolen. Pin GitHub Actions to full, immutable commit SHA hashes, don't use mutable version tags.
Affected Packages
github.com/aquasecurity/trivy (GO):
Affected version(s) =v0.69.4 <v0.69.3Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v0.69.3github.com/aquasecurity/trivy (GO):
Affected version(s) =v0.69.4 <v0.69.3Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v0.69.3github.com/aquasecurity/trivy (GO):
Affected version(s) =v0.69.4 <v0.69.3Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v0.69.3Related Resources (16)
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
9.4
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
HIGH
Subsequent System Integrity
HIGH
Subsequent System Availability
HIGH
CVSS v3
Base Score:
9.9
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
Embedded Malicious Code
EPSS
Base Score:
0.04