Vulnerability · Published Dec 11, 2020 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2020-29591

Critical 9.8

In plain English

A critical-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 2.6% (higher than 86% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)9.8Critical

Exploit odds (30 days)2.6%top 14.3% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

https://hub.docker.com/_/registry x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/docker/distribution-library-image x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/donghyunlee00/CVE/blob/main/CVE-2020-29591 x_refsource_MISC