Anchore
CVE-2022-1766
HIGH
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A06:2025 - Insecure Design
ASVS 5.0
V6 - Authentication Credential protection in transit/storage
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| Impact | CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction not required. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could obtain user credentials due to weak protection mechanisms by sending crafted requests to the affected application. No authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
Anchore Enterprise anchorectl version 0.1.4 improperly stored credentials when generating a Software Bill of Materials. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Hash passwords with strong algorithms (bcrypt, argon2), encrypt credentials in transit and at rest, never log credentials.
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This vulnerability is classified as Insufficiently Protected Credentials (CWE-522), which allows attackers to obtain user credentials due to weak protection mechanisms. Anchore Enterprise anchorectl version 0.1.4 improperly stored credentials when generating a Software Bill of Materials. anchorectl will add the credentials used to access Anchore Enterprise API in the Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) generated by anchorectl. Users of anchorectl version 0.1.4 should upgrade to anchorectl version 0.1.5 to resolve this issue. Affected products include: Anchore, Anchore Anchorectl. Version information: version 0.1.4.
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
Anchore Enterprise anchorectl version 0.1.4 improperly stored credentials when generating a Software Bill of Materials. anchorectl will add the credentials used to access Anchore Enterprise API in the Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) generated by anchorectl. Users of anchorectl version 0.1.4 should upgrade to anchorectl version 0.1.5 to resolve this issue.
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Attack Technique
Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
syft is a a CLI tool and Go library for generating a Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) from container images and filesys
In Anchore Engine version 0.7.0, a specially crafted container image manifest, fetched from a registry, can be used to t
stereoscope is a go library for processing container images and simulating a squash filesystem. Rated critical severity
Privilege escalation in Anchore Enterprise's user management API allows authenticated attackers to modify user permissio
An exposure of sensitive information vulnerability exists in Jenkins Anchore Container Image Scanner Plugin 10.16 and ea
GitHub PoC
Exploit-DB