apko Exposure of HTTP basic auth credentials in log output
Priority HIGH 72CWE-522Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-522.
Summary
apko is an apk-based OCI image builder. apko exposures HTTP basic auth credentials from repository and keyring URLs in log output. This vulnerability is fixed in v0.14.5.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00441 38th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed apko (chainguard-dev): 0.14.5chainguard.dev/apko (Go): 0.14.5
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chainguard-dev | apko | before 0.14.5 | 0.14.5 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | chainguard.dev/apko (Go) | before 0.14.5 | 0.14.5 | Patch available | GHSA-v6mg-7f7p-qmqp |
- apko Vendorchainguard-dev Affected before 0.14.5 Fixed in 0.14.5 Patch available CNA
- chainguard.dev/apko (Go) Vendor— Affected before 0.14.5 Fixed in 0.14.5 Patch available GHSA-v6mg-7f7p-qmqp
CPE names CISA-ADP · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:chainguard-dev:apko:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | — | — | — |
- cpe:2.3:a:chainguard-dev:apko:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·—
Remediation
- Fix · CNA apko (chainguard-dev) Fixed in 0.14.5
- Fix · GHSA-v6mg-7f7p-qmqp chainguard.dev/apko (Go) Fixed in 0.14.5 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-36127
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-v6mg-7f7p-qmqp
References
More chainguard-dev vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-22680 kaniko has tar archive path traversal in build context extraction allows writing files outside destination directory CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.2
- TI-2026-83911 kaniko sends Azure access tokens to lookalike ACR registry hosts CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2026-30854 apko dirFS has a symlink-following path traversal that allows multiple entry points to escape the build root CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2026-20302 apko affected by potential unbounded resource consumption in expandapk.ExpandApk on attacker-controlled .apk streams CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2026-20284 apko is vulnerable to path traversal in apko dirFS which allows filesystem writes outside base CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2026-20043 melange pipeline working-directory could allow command injection CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2024-36127 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-36127 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-v6mg-7f7p-qmqp · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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