2 files changed, 26 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/modules/packages/container/metadata.go b/modules/packages/container/metadata.go
index 2fce7d976a..3ef0684d13 100644
--- a/modules/packages/container/metadata.go
+++ b/modules/packages/container/metadata.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 package container
 
 import (
-	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"strings"
@@ -72,20 +71,39 @@ type Manifest struct {
 	Size     int64  `json:"size"`
 }
 
+func IsMediaTypeValid(mt string) bool {
+	return strings.HasPrefix(mt, "application/vnd.docker.") || strings.HasPrefix(mt, "application/vnd.oci.")
+}
+
+func IsMediaTypeImageManifest(mt string) bool {
+	return strings.EqualFold(mt, oci.MediaTypeImageManifest) || strings.EqualFold(mt, "application/vnd.docker.distribution.manifest.v2+json")
+}
+
+func IsMediaTypeImageIndex(mt string) bool {
+	return strings.EqualFold(mt, oci.MediaTypeImageIndex) || strings.EqualFold(mt, "application/vnd.docker.distribution.manifest.list.v2+json")
+}
+
 // ParseImageConfig parses the metadata of an image config
-func ParseImageConfig(mt string, r io.Reader) (*Metadata, error) {
-	if strings.EqualFold(mt, helm.ConfigMediaType) {
+func ParseImageConfig(mediaType string, r io.Reader) (*Metadata, error) {
+	if strings.EqualFold(mediaType, helm.ConfigMediaType) {
 		return parseHelmConfig(r)
 	}
 
 	// fallback to OCI Image Config
-	return parseOCIImageConfig(r)
+	// FIXME: this fallback is not right, we should strictly check the media type in the future
+	metadata, err := parseOCIImageConfig(r)
+	if err != nil {
+		if !IsMediaTypeImageManifest(mediaType) {
+			return &Metadata{Platform: "unknown/unknown"}, nil
+		}
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return metadata, nil
 }
 
 func parseOCIImageConfig(r io.Reader) (*Metadata, error) {
 	var image oci.Image
-	// EOF means empty input, still use the default data
-	if err := json.NewDecoder(r).Decode(&image); err != nil && !errors.Is(err, io.EOF) {
+	if err := json.NewDecoder(r).Decode(&image); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
diff --git a/modules/packages/container/metadata_test.go b/modules/packages/container/metadata_test.go
index 74b0a379c6..0f2d702925 100644
--- a/modules/packages/container/metadata_test.go
+++ b/modules/packages/container/metadata_test.go
@@ -59,10 +59,8 @@ func TestParseImageConfig(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.ElementsMatch(t, []string{author}, metadata.Authors)
 	assert.Equal(t, projectURL, metadata.ProjectURL)
 	assert.Equal(t, repositoryURL, metadata.RepositoryURL)
-}
 
-func TestParseOCIImageConfig(t *testing.T) {
-	metadata, err := parseOCIImageConfig(strings.NewReader(""))
+	metadata, err = ParseImageConfig("anything-unknown", strings.NewReader(""))
 	require.NoError(t, err)
-	assert.Equal(t, &Metadata{Type: TypeOCI, Platform: DefaultPlatform, ImageLayers: []string{}}, metadata)
+	assert.Equal(t, &Metadata{Platform: "unknown/unknown"}, metadata)
 }