CVE-2020-29591 describes a critical vulnerability in official Docker Registry images up to version 2.7.0, where the root user is configured with a blank password. This flaw allows a remote attacker to gain root access to affected systems without authentication. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), the vulnerability presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation in the wild (KEV: No) and no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB: None), the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:docker:registry:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:docker:registry:2.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:docker:registry:2.5.0:rc:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:docker:registry:2.5.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:docker:registry:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.