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CVE-2017-11468

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-11468 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Docker Registry before version 2.6.2, impacting Docker Distribution and Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 7.5) allows remote attackers to exhaust memory resources by sending excessive content to the manifest endpoint, requiring no authentication or user interaction. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker_registry:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.19%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0319 is in the 76th percentile among its peer group of 51,466 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/docker/distributionFixed in: 2.7.0-rc.0
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 ExtrasFixed in: docker-distribution-0:2.6.2-1.git48294d9.el7
View patch

Vendor Advisories (2)

goGHSA-h62f-wm92-2cmwhigh

Docker Registry has Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

May 13, 2022
redhatCVE-2017-11468Low

docker-distribution: Does not properly restrict the amount of content accepted from a user

Jul 7, 2017

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00047.html
Broken Link
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:2603
Third Party Advisory
github.com / docker/distribution/pull/2340
Third Party Advisory
github.com / docker/distribution/releases/tag/v2.6.2
Release NotesThird Party Advisory