Medium severity · published Apr 30, 2026
CVE-2026-28909
Users who connect to malicious registries with hostnames matching the bypass patterns will have their registry credentials exposed in plaintext
6.5
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 10% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MA
macOS · Apple
0.12.1 before 0.12.3 · source: vendor
CO
Container · Apple
before 0.12.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-28909
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-28909
Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/apple/container/security/advisories/GHSA-m5rp-xcpf-r8m7
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