{"id":191549,"date":"2026-03-20T20:50:46","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T20:50:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/widely-used-trivy-scanner-compromised-in-ongoing-supply-chain-attack\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T20:50:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T20:50:46","slug":"widely-used-trivy-scanner-compromised-in-ongoing-supply-chain-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/widely-used-trivy-scanner-compromised-in-ongoing-supply-chain-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Widely used Trivy scanner compromised in ongoing supply-chain attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Hackers have compromised virtually all versions of Aqua Security\u2019s widely used Trivy vulnerability scanner in an ongoing supply chain attack that could have wide-ranging consequences for developers and the organizations that use them.<\/p>\n<p>Trivy maintainer Itay Shakury <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/aquasecurity\/trivy\/discussions\/10425\">confirmed<\/a> the compromise on Friday, following rumors and a <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20260307200451\/https:\/\/github.com\/aquasecurity\/trivy\/discussions\/10265#discussioncomment-16214191%20MO\">thread<\/a>, since deleted by the attackers, discussing the incident. The attack began in the early hours of Thursday. When it was done, the threat actor had used stolen credentials to force-push all but one of the trivy-action tags and seven setup-trivy tags to use malicious dependencies.<\/p>\n<h2>Assume your pipelines are compromised<\/h2>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.git-tower.com\/blog\/force-push-in-git\">forced<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.git-tower.com\/learn\/git\/faq\/git-force-push\/\">push<\/a> is a git command that overrides a default safety mechanism that protects against overwriting existing commits. Trivy is a vulnerability scanner that developers use to detect vulnerabilities and inadvertently hardcoded authentication secrets in pipelines for developing and deploying software updates. The scanner has 33,200 stars on GitHub, a high rating that indicates it\u2019s used widely.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/security\/2026\/03\/widely-used-trivy-scanner-compromised-in-ongoing-supply-chain-attack\/\">Read full article<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/security\/2026\/03\/widely-used-trivy-scanner-compromised-in-ongoing-supply-chain-attack\/#comments\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wpematico_credit\"><small>Powered by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpematico.com\" target=\"_blank\">WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hackers have compromised virtually all versions of Aqua Security\u2019s widely used Trivy vulnerability scanner in an ongoing supply chain attack that could have wide-ranging consequences for developers and the organizations that use them. Trivy maintainer Itay Shakury confirmed the compromise on Friday, following rumors and a thread, since deleted by the attackers, discussing the incident. The attack began in the early hours of Thursday. 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