Aquasecurity
Aquasecurity Trivy Embedded Malicious Code Vulnerability
At a glance
Actively exploited in the wild — prioritise confirming exposure.
Medium rather than High: exposure is scored at a default because we cannot see your systems or suppliers. If you run or depend on Aquasecurity Trivy, treat it as High.
Briefing
- Do not treat uncorroborated claims as confirmed breaches.
Questions to ask IT
- Do we run Aquasecurity Trivy, and which versions?
- Is any of it reachable from the internet?
- Have we checked whether it has already been used against us?
- If it is not yet patched, what mitigation is in place, and will the fix be done by 16 Nov?
Next steps
- Confirm exposure, mitigation status and any service interruption risk.
Vulnerability facts
Full CVE detail CVE-2026-33634- 9.4 · CriticalExploitable over the network with a low-privilege account, and no one has to click or open anything. High impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability, subsequent confidentiality, subsequent integrity and subsequent availability.CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/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
- Listed: attacks using it have been seen (on the catalogue since )
- Elevated attack likelihood (~59.7% in 30 days)
No technical write-up beyond these facts and the summary below yet.
Next steps
- Confirm whether affected products/versions are present and prioritise patching or mitigations
Summary
- 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.
- CVE-2026-33634 is listed in known-exploited catalogue (exploitation in the wild)
- Authoritative catalogues report active exploitation of this vulnerability.
Why this matters in the UK
- Known-exploited catalogue reports exploitation in the wild
Products and services involved
- Aquasecurity Trivy82% match confidence · CVE-2026-33634
Part of ASUS Live Update and Trivy malicious code vulnerabilities
Pulse
Last checked 1h ago · Next recheck 10 Nov 2026, 01:39 UK time · 3 quiet checks collapsed
in the next 30 days first recorded at 59.7% (elevated likelihood signal, not confirmed exploitation). Suggested changed to 7d.
Elevated — confirm exposure; this is a probability signal, not confirmed exploitation.
2 quiet checks hidden.
Sources
Aquasecurity Trivy Embedded Malicious Code Vulnerability
How we know
Statements extracted from sources. Higher confidence means stronger corroboration.
- ConfirmedHeadline90% confidence
Aquasecurity Trivy Embedded Malicious Code Vulnerability
- ConfirmedSummary fact75% confidence
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. Affects Aquasecurity Trivy. Known ransomware campaign use: Unknown.
- ConfirmedCVE identifier95% confidence
Event involves CVE-2026-33634
- ConfirmedKnown-exploited catalogue98% confidence
CVE-2026-33634 is listed in known-exploited catalogue (exploitation in the wild)