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Critical · 9.6 Public exploit CVE-2026-100833 EUVD-2026-87853GHSA-mjj6-px65-jq92

Contrast before 1.23.1 Image Substitution via Policy Generation

Published Sep 27, 2026 · Updated Oct 9, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck

Description

Contrast (edgelesssys/contrast) versions 1.14.0 before 1.23.1 generate runtime policies that fail to detect all container image substitutions. A bad rebase during a Kata Containers update accidentally introduced an `allow_storage` rule that accepts storage entries using the `image_guest_pull` driver without verifying the image digest. An attacker with access to the Kata agent API — for example, a Kubernetes cluster administrator in Contrast's threat model — can therefore substitute a container image with an exploit payload, provided the substituted image satisfies the remaining policy rules, undermining the confidential container's integrity guarantees.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
edgelesssys contrast 1.14.0 – < 1.23.1 1.23.1

Public exploits

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GitHub 1 repository

  • Early Attestation Considered Very Harmful (CVE-2026-100833 of CVSS 9.6, CVE-2026-108265 of CVSS 9.1, CVE-2026-108266 of CVSS 9.1, CVE-2026-108267 of CVSS 9.1, CVE-2026-108268 of CVSS 9.1, CVE-2026-10…

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