CVE-2020-29591
Versions of the Official registry Docker images through 2.7.0 contain a blank password for the...
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2020-29591- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-521
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2020-29591- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-21952 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2020-21952- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-w55r-r9w2-g8ff No score
Versions of the Official registry Docker images through 2.7.0 contain a blank password for the...
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.
- Record
GHSA-w55r-r9w2-g8ff- Weakness
- CWE-269, CWE-521
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
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.
- Record
CVE-2020-29591- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-29591 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Docker Registry, published December 11, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.65%, the 85th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
hub.docker.com/_/registry
github.com/docker/distribution-library-image
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-29591
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-5021