Edgeless Systems Contrast through 1.20.0 Credential Leak via Registry Suffix Matching

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Contrast (Edgeless Systems) through 1.20.0 performs unanchored suffix matching when selecting per-registry configuration in the imagepuller. Config.registryFor strips a single trailing dot and then uses strings.HasSuffix(hostname, fqdn) without requiring a DNS label boundary, so a registry entry such as [registries."ghcr.io."] is also applied to any host whose name merely ends in that byte sequence, including attacker-registered domains such as evilghcr.io. When an image or layer is pulled from such a sibling domain, the imagepuller sends the configured Authorization header (basic auth, registry token, or identity token), trusts the configured custom CA bundle, follows the configured mirror, and honours insecure-skip-verify (disabling TLS verification) for that host. Image integrity is not affected, as image bytes remain pinned by digest in the policy and are validated after the pull. Configurations that use a leading dot (e.g., [registries.".example.registry"]) are unaffected.

Source published

27 Sep 2026 01:30:05 UTC

Source modified

28 Sep 2026 13:47:25 UTC

Observed here

23 Oct 2026 15:48:27 UTC

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CVSS 4.0 · 6.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS 3.1 · 3.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Contrast (Edgeless Systems) through 1.20.0 performs unanchored suffix matching when selecting per-registry configuration in the imagepuller. Config.registryFor strips a single trailing dot and then uses strings.HasSuffix(hostname, fqdn) without requiring a DNS label boundary, so a registry entry such as [registries."ghcr.io."] is also applied to any host whose name merely ends in that byte sequence, including attacker-registered domains such as evilghcr.io. When an image or layer is pulled from such a sibling domain, the imagepuller sends the configured Authorization header (basic auth, registry token, or identity token), trusts the configured custom CA bundle, follows the configured mirror, and honours insecure-skip-verify (disabling TLS verification) for that host. Image integrity is not affected, as image bytes remain pinned by digest in the policy and are validated after the pull. Configurations that use a leading dot (e.g., [registries.".example.registry"]) are unaffected.

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Sep 27, 2026, 1:30:05 AM (timezone not stated)

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Sep 28, 2026, 1:47:25 PM (timezone not stated)

Observed here

11 Nov 2026 05:27:47 UTC

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EUVD CVSS 4.0 · 6.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Contrast (Edgeless Systems) through 1.20.0 performs unanchored suffix matching when selecting per-registry configuration in the imagepuller. Config.registryFor strips a single trailing dot and then uses strings.HasSuffix(hostname, fqdn) without requiring a DNS label boundary, so a registry entry such as [registries."ghcr.io."] is also applied to any host whose name merely ends in that byte sequence, including attacker-registered domains such as evilghcr.io. When an image or layer is pulled from such a sibling domain, the imagepuller sends the configured Authorization header (basic auth, registry token, or identity token), trusts the configured custom CA bundle, follows the configured mirror, and honours insecure-skip-verify (disabling TLS verification) for that host. Image integrity is not affected, as image bytes remain pinned by digest in the policy and are validated after the pull. Configurations that use a leading dot (e.g., [registries.".example.registry"]) are unaffected.

Source published

27 Sep 2026 02:17:21 UTC

Source modified

30 Sep 2026 17:32:07 UTC

Observed here

25 Oct 2026 04:17:26 UTC

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CVSS 4.0 · [email protected] · Secondary · 6.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

CVSS 3.1 · [email protected] · Secondary · 3.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

# Summary `Config.registryFor` selected a per-registry credential / CA / mirror block by checking `strings.HasSuffix(name, fqdn)` after stripping a single trailing dot.  The match has no boundary between the configured FQDN and any preceding characters in the request hostname. A registry configured as `[registries."ghcr.io."]` is therefore also applied to any image pulled from a host whose name happens to end in the literal byte sequence `ghcr.io`,  including attacker-registered domains such as `evilghcr.io.`  The imagepuller would then send the configured `Authorization` header (basic auth, registry token, or identity token), trust the configured custom CA bundle, follow the configured mirror, or honour `insecure-skip-verify`, on requests to that hostname. # Prerequisites For this to be applicable, an image or layer must be pulled from a "sibling" domain ending in one of the FQDNs configured in the imagepuller config. This may occur due to malicious intent or coincidentally. # Impact - Authentication header leaks to the sibling registry. - If `insecure-skip-verify` is set on an FQDN, TLS will also not be verified for the sibling registry. - Mirrors configured for an FQDN will also be used with the sibling registry. ## Not impacted Image integrity is **not** impacted. Image bytes remain pinned by digest in the policy and are validated after the pull. This advisory does not allow code substitution. # Workaround - If possible, configure explicit subdomains in the imagepuller config. A configuration for `[registries.".example.registry"]` is unaffected, only `[registries."example.registry"]` is potentially affected. - Audit images and layers configured in the deployment for the existence of sibling domains. # Patches After this patch, registry matches are determined by exact label equality instead of suffix matching. Each `.`-separated part of the FQDN must be an exact match with the corresponding label in the image reference. # Severity - `AV:N` because the leak is over the network to a registry under the attacker's control.  - `AC:H` because exploitation requires the operator to have configured a registry FQDN without a leading `.` AND the attacker to control a sibling-suffix domain that the deployment will pull from. - `PR:N` for the eventual recipient.  - `S:U` because impact stays in the imagepuller.  - `C:L` for credential leak (no integrity / availability impact).

Source published

1 Jul 2026 18:43:55 UTC

Source modified

27 Sep 2026 11:55:37 UTC

Observed here

24 Oct 2026 13:19:41 UTC

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CVSS_V3 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

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Contrast's Imagepuller registryFor uses unanchored suffix matching, leaking auth credentials and trusted CA configuration to sibling-domain registries in github.com/edgelesssys/contrast

Source published

7 Jul 2026 15:26:37 UTC

Source modified

27 Sep 2026 11:55:37 UTC

Observed here

24 Oct 2026 13:19:41 UTC

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OSV · upstream source license applies

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