Supply Chain Security2021
Container Security Alert: Campaign Abusing GitHub, DockerHub, Travis CI, Circle CI
By Assaf Morag
Threat actors are conducting a sophisticated campaign that abuses popular CI/CD platforms and code repositories including GitHub, DockerHub, Travis CI, and Circle CI to distribute malicious container images and compromise development pipelines.
By infiltrating development workflows, attackers can inject malicious code into software builds, creating supply chain vulnerabilities that affect downstream consumers of compromised software.
Attack Vector
- Abuse of CI/CD platform credentials
- Malicious container images in public registries
- Compromised build processes injecting malware
- Supply chain attacks through trusted repositories