CVE-2020-29591

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-29591
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-29591.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2020-29591
Published
2020-12-11T15:15:12.297Z
Modified
2026-07-08T05:56:05.847917583Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

Database specific 
{
    "unresolved_ranges": [
        {
            "source": "CPE_STRING",
            "vendor_product": "docker:registry",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "introduced": "2.5"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "2.5"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "2.5.0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "2.5.0"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "2.5.0-rc"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "2.5.0-rc"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "2.5.0-rc2"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "2.5.0-rc2"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "2.5.1"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "2.5.1"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "2.6.0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "2.6.0"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "2.6.0-rc2"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "2.6.0-rc2"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "2.6.1"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "2.6.1"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "2.6.1-rc2"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "2.6.1-rc2"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "2.7.0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "2.7.0"
                }
            ],
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:a:docker:registry:2.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:a:docker:registry:2.5.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:a:docker:registry:2.5.0:rc:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:a:docker:registry:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:a:docker:registry:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:a:docker:registry:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:a:docker:registry:2.6.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:a:docker:registry:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:a:docker:registry:2.6.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:a:docker:registry:2.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ]
        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/distribution/distribution

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/distribution/distribution
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
40b7b5830a2337bb07627617740c0e39eb92800c
Database specific 
{
    "source": "DESCRIPTION",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "2.7.0"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

docs-v2.*
docs-v2.4.1-2016-06-28
v2.*
v2.0.0
v2.0.0-alpha.0
v2.0.0-alpha.1
v2.0.0-alpha.2
v2.0.0-alpha.3
v2.0.0-rc.0
v2.0.0-rc.1
v2.0.0-rc.2
v2.0.0-rc.3
v2.0.0-rc.4
v2.1.0
v2.1.0-rc.0
v2.1.1
v2.2.0
v2.2.1
v2.3.0-alpha
v2.3.0-rc.0
v2.3.0-rc.1
v2.3.0-rc.2
v2.4.0-rc.1
v2.5.0-rc.1
v2.6.0-rc.1
v2.7.0-rc.0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-29591.json"