Description
An Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in Docker Hub's account-to-organization conversion feature allowed an authenticated attacker to reassign a personal access token (PAT) they controlled to another Docker Hub user without rotating or revoking the token secret. The unchanged PAT then authenticated to the registry as the recipient and could pull, push, or delete images, within its scopes, in repositories accessible to that user, including organization repositories.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Docker | Docker Hub | 2024-08-26T20:33:00Z – < 2026-09-30T19:10:00Z | 2026-09-30T19:10:00Z |
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
GitHub 1 repository
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CompleteTech-Security/docker-hub-ghostpat-check ★ 0 · Oct 23, 2026
Offline Docker Hub PAT evidence checker for CVE-2026-105445. Supplied evidence only; no token collection, login or API requests. JSON/CSV/HTML reports.
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- https://www.docker.com/blog/docker-hub-security-advisory-cve-2026-105445/ vendor-advisory
- Convert an account into an organization product
- GhostPAT technical write-up third-party-advisory