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CVE-2021-41092

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-41092 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting the Docker CLI, specifically versions prior to 20.10.9, and related Fedora projects. It allows credentials intended for a private registry to be inadvertently sent to registry-1.docker.io if the configuration file has a misconfigured or unexecutable credsStore or credHelpers entry. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating a high risk of sensitive information disclosure (CWE-200, CWE-522) with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 20.10.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:docker:command_line_interface:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
34CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
35CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.4MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.0
Impact Score
4.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.65%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
74.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0165 is in the 54th percentile among its peer group of 51,553 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)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/docker/cliFixed in: 20.10.9

Vendor Advisories (2)

goGHSA-99pg-grm5-qq3vmedium

Docker CLI leaks private registry credentials to registry-1.docker.io

Jun 10, 2024
redhatCVE-2021-41092Moderate

docker: cli leaks private registry credentials to registry-1.docker.io

Oct 4, 2021

References

cert-portal.siemens.com / productcert/pdf/ssa-222547.pdf
github.com / docker/cli/commit/893e52cf4ba4b048d72e99748e0f86b2767c6c6b
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / docker/cli/security/advisories/GHSA-99pg-grm5-qq3v
Third Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/B5Q6G6I4W5COQE25QMC7FJY3I3PAYFBB
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZNFADTCHHYWVM6W4NJ6CB4FNFM2VMBIB