CVE-2026-105445: Docker Hub PAT Reassignment Flaw
Docker disclosed CVE-2026-105445, a critical Docker Hub flaw that can reuse reassigned personal access tokens.
Incorrect privilege assignment in Docker Hub token conversion
Docker Hub's account-to-organization conversion feature had an incorrect privilege assignment flaw (CWE-266) that let an authenticated attacker reassign a personal access token they controlled to another Docker Hub user without rotating or revoking the token secret. Because the secret stayed the same, that PAT then authenticated to the registry as the recipient. Within the token's scopes, the attacker could pull, push, or delete images in repositories the recipient could access, including organization repositories. Anyone with a Docker Hub account that could be the target of such a reassignment is affected; no fixed product version is stated in the advisory data. It is not listed in CISA KEV, and no public proof-of-concept is known.
What to do: Revoke and recreate all Docker Hub personal access tokens, and review organization membership, repository permissions, and audit or activity logs for unexpected account-to-organization conversions, token reassignments, or image pull, push, or delete events. Treat any PAT that may have been reassigned as compromised even if its secret never changed, and restrict token scopes to the minimum required until Docker confirms the conversion feature is fixed.
| Product | Affected |
|---|---|
| Docker Hub | — |
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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.
Docker disclosed CVE-2026-105445, a critical Docker Hub flaw that can reuse reassigned personal access tokens.
Docker patched a critical two-year Docker Hub flaw that could let one user push images as another, with no known exploitation.
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