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malcontent: Error-path cleanup gap can leak scanners and fds and degrade availability in github.com/chainguard-dev/malcontent

GHSA-54p8-x2m9-c593 · GO-2026-4583 · Published 10/03/2026 · updated 23/03/2026

In short

GO-2026-4583 is a not yet rated vulnerability affecting github.com/chainguard-dev/malcontent.
Fix: update to 1.21.0 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
github.com/chainguard-dev/malcontent Go	`< 1.21.0`	`1.21.0`

Description

malcontent: Error-path cleanup gap can leak scanners and fds and degrade availability in github.com/chainguard-dev/malcontent

References

chainguard-dev/malcontent security advisory · ADVISORY
chainguard-dev/malcontent#1354 · FIX
chainguard-dev/malcontent#1355 · FIX
chainguard-dev/malcontent#1356 · FIX
chainguard-dev/malcontent#1361 · FIX

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