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Published Date: July 08, 2026

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Malicious KICS Docker Images and VS Code Extensions Hit Checkmarx Supply Chain

Cybersecurity researchers have warned of malicious images pushed to the official "checkmarx/kics" Docker Hub repository.

Source The Hacker News AI Summary Updated April 22, 2026
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Cybersecurity researchers have warned of malicious images pushed to the official "checkmarx/kics" Docker Hub repository. In an alert published today, software supply chain security company Socket revealed that unknown threat actors managed to have overwritten existing tags, including v2.1.20 and alpine, while also introducing a new v2.1.21 tag that does not correspond to an official release. The

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