{"id":"CVE-2020-29591","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2020-29591","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T22:25:06.465Z","title":"Systems deployed using affected versions of the registry container may allow a remote attacker to achieve root access with a blank password.","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.","published":"2020-12-11T15:15:12.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T03:11:29.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-521"],"affected":["docker/registry"],"epss":{"score":0.02645,"percentile":0.85494,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/docker/distribution-library-image","tags":["Product"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/donghyunlee00/CVE/blob/main/CVE-2020-29591","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://hub.docker.com/_/registry","tags":["Product"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/docker/distribution-library-image","tags":["Product"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/donghyunlee00/CVE/blob/main/CVE-2020-29591","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://hub.docker.com/_/registry","tags":["Product"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-29591","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}