VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2020-29591
Systems deployed using affected versions of the registry container may allow a remote attacker to achieve root access with a blank password.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 2.65%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.65%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Versions of the Official registry Docker images through 2.7.0 contain a blank password for the root user. Systems deployed using affected versions of the registry container may allow a remote attacker to achieve root access with a blank password.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.65% probability · 85th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-521
- Affected
- docker/registry
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://github.com/docker/distribution-library-imageProduct
- https://github.com/donghyunlee00/CVE/blob/main/CVE-2020-29591Third Party Advisory
- https://hub.docker.com/_/registryProduct
- https://github.com/docker/distribution-library-imageProduct
- https://github.com/donghyunlee00/CVE/blob/main/CVE-2020-29591Third Party Advisory
- https://hub.docker.com/_/registryProduct
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.