CVE-2020-29591

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2020-12-11 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-521

Description

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.

Affected products

Docker Registry: 2.5, 2.5.0, 2.5.0-rc, 2.5.0-rc2, 2.5.1, 2.6.0 (+4)

References

https://github.com/docker/distribution-library-image
https://github.com/donghyunlee00/CVE/blob/main/CVE-2020-29591
https://hub.docker.com/_/registry
https://github.com/docker/distribution-library-image
https://github.com/donghyunlee00/CVE/blob/main/CVE-2020-29591
https://hub.docker.com/_/registry

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