Security advisory

{
  "id": "1214408c646aaabbad4772d3288c4f786f93ffbf0940cae512e683f05a1d5917",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-29591",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2020-29591",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-29591",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2020-29591",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2020-29591"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/distribution/distribution",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "a9b1322edf48b1fb9aee4e5ded7a4f4ac37c6830"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "40b7b5830a2337bb07627617740c0e39eb92800c"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:docker:registry:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "2.5"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "2.5"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:docker:registry:2.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "2.5.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "2.5.0"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:docker:registry:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "2.5.1"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "2.5.1"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:docker:registry:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "2.6.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "2.6.0"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:docker:registry:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "2.6.1"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "2.6.1"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:docker:registry:2.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "2.7.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "2.7.0"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "2.5",
            "2.5.1",
            "2.6.0",
            "2.6.1",
            "2.7.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-29591.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:40.322140501Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://hub.docker.com/_/registry",
        "https://github.com/donghyunlee00/CVE/blob/main/CVE-2020-29591",
        "https://github.com/docker/distribution-library-image"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "unresolved_ranges": [
          {
            "cpes": [
              "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:2.6.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "cpe:2.3:a:docker:registry:2.6.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "docker:registry",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "2.5.0-rc"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "2.5.0-rc"
                  },
                  {
                    "introduced": "2.5.0-rc2"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "2.5.0-rc2"
                  },
                  {
                    "introduced": "2.6.0-rc2"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "2.6.0-rc2"
                  },
                  {
                    "introduced": "2.6.1-rc2"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "2.6.1-rc2"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_STRING"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2020-29591",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 434887,
  "published_at": "2020-12-11T15:15:12.297+00:00"
}