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CVE-2026-33634GHSA-69fq-xp46-6x23GHSA-955r-262c-33jcGO-2026-4919

Aquasecurity Trivy Embedded Malicious Code Vulnerability

Aquasecurity TrivyGoLibraries & packages
Open in ThreatlineRecord JSON
CVSS
9.4Critical
ExploitationExploited in the wildAdded to KEV 26 Mar 2026CISA KEV
Exploit odds (EPSS)1.75%Chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 77% of CVEs. Scored 23 Oct 2026FIRST EPSS
Fixed in0.69.3Also 0.35.0, 0.2.6GitHub
Federal deadline9 Apr 2026Remediation due date for US federal agenciesCISA KEV
CISA required actionApply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. CISA KEV

What fixes it

  • 0.69.3github.com/aquasecurity/trivy, goGitHubgo get github.com/aquasecurity/trivy@v0.69.3
  • 0.35.0aquasecurity/trivy-action, actionsGitHub
  • 0.2.6aquasecurity/setup-trivy, actionsGitHub
  • 0.35.0aquasecurity/trivy-action, GitHub ActionsOSV
  • 0.2.6aquasecurity/setup-trivy, GitHub ActionsOSV

A fixed version on one release line is not the upgrade target for every line. Check your exact version and any vendor backports.

Timeline

  1. 23 Mar 2026, 21:47 UTCPublishedCVE List
  2. 26 Mar 2026Added to CISA KEVCISA KEV

Description

Aquasecurity Trivy contains an embedded malicious code vulnerability that could allow an attacker to gain access to everything in the CI/CD environment, including all tokens, SSH keys, cloud credentials, database passwords, and any sensitive configuration in memory.

Text from CVE List

Affected versions 11

  • setup-trivyaffected: < 0.2.6CVE List
  • trivy-actionaffected: < 0.35.0CVE List
  • trivyaffected: = 0.69.4CVE List
  • LiteLLMaffected: >= 1.82.7, <= 1.82.8CVE List
  • telnyxaffected: >= 4.87.1, <= 4.87.2CVE List
  • github.com/aquasecurity/trivy, go=0.69.4GitHub
  • aquasecurity/trivy-action, actions<0.35.0GitHub
  • aquasecurity/setup-trivy, actions<0.2.6GitHub
  • github.com/aquasecurity/trivy, Go0.69.4OSV
  • aquasecurity/trivy-action, GitHub Actionsfrom first release, fixed in 0.35.0OSV
  • aquasecurity/setup-trivy, GitHub Actionsfrom first release, fixed in 0.2.6OSV

References 15