Security advisory

{
  "id": "fb62e1971fb86eb91f16e38d77c5e723ba05ff122e8d9f42934e3ea5b5098243",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-11468",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2017-11468",
    "summary": "Docker Registry before 2.6.2 in Docker Distribution does not properly restrict the amount of content accepted from a user, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via the manifest endpoint.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-11468",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2017-11468",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2017-11468",
        "GHSA-h62f-wm92-2cmw",
        "GO-2021-0072"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/distribution/distribution",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "a25b9ef0c9fe242ac04bb20d3a028442b7d266b6"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "48294d928ced5dd9b378f7fd7c6f5da3ff3f2c89"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker_registry:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "2.6.1"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "fixed": "48294d928ced5dd9b378f7fd7c6f5da3ff3f2c89"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "REFERENCES_TAG",
                    "original_tag": "v2.6.2"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "v2.6.1",
            "v2.6.1-rc.2",
            "v2.6.1-rc.1",
            "v2.6.0",
            "v2.6.0-rc.2",
            "v2.6.0-rc.1",
            "docs-v2.4.1-2016-06-28",
            "v2.5.0-rc.1",
            "v2.4.0-rc.1",
            "v2.3.0-rc.2",
            "v2.3.0-rc.0",
            "v2.3.0-rc.1",
            "v2.3.0-alpha",
            "v2.2.1",
            "v2.2.0",
            "v2.1.1",
            "v2.1.0",
            "v2.1.0-rc.0",
            "v2.0.0",
            "v2.0.0-rc.4",
            "v2.0.0-rc.3",
            "v2.0.0-rc.2",
            "v2.0.0-rc.1",
            "v2.0.0-rc.0",
            "v2.0.0-alpha.3",
            "v2.0.0-alpha.2",
            "v2.0.0-alpha.1",
            "v2.0.0-alpha.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-11468.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:48:08.704357884Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2603",
        "https://github.com/docker/distribution/pull/2340",
        "https://github.com/docker/distribution/releases/tag/v2.6.2"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "unresolved_ranges": [
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "redhat:enterprise_linux_server",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "7.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "7.0"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_STRING"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2017-11468",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 380087,
  "published_at": "2017-07-20T23:29:00.187+00:00"
}