CVE-2026-105445 Docker Hub account conversion could reassign an active personal access token to another user
An attacker can reassign their personal access token to another user, gaining unauthorized access to pull, push, or delete images in that user's repositories.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-105445?
CVE-2026-105445 is a critical vulnerability in Docker Hub, published on 13 Oct 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-266
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-105445?
How do I fix CVE-2026-105445?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-105445 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2026-105445 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-105445 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-phq5-vq2m-8rp9.