CVE-2023-2253
HIGH7.5EPSS 0.15%docker-registry - security update
Published: 5/11/2023Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
A flaw was found in the `/v2/_catalog` endpoint in distribution/distribution, which accepts a parameter to control the maximum number of records returned (query string: `n`). This vulnerability allows a malicious user to submit an unreasonably large value for `n,` causing the allocation of a massive string array, possibly causing a denial of service through excessive use of memory.
Affected packages (5)
- Debian/docker-registryfrom 0, < 2.7.1+ds2-7+deb11u1
- Debian/docker-registryfrom 0, < 2.6.2~ds1-2+deb10u1
- Debian/docker-registryfrom 0, < 2.7.1+ds2-7+deb11u1
- Go/github.com/distribution/distributionfrom 0, < 2.8.2-beta.1+incompatible
- Go/github.com/docker/distributionfrom 0, < 2.8.2-beta.1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
References (8)
- ADVISORYhttps://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hqxw-f8mx-cpmw
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2253
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-2253
- PATCHhttps://github.com/distribution/distribution
- WEBhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2189886
- WEBhttps://github.com/distribution/distribution/commit/f55a6552b006a381d9167e328808565dd2bf77dc
- WEBhttps://github.com/distribution/distribution/security/advisories/GHSA-hqxw-f8mx-cpmw
- WEBhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/06/msg00035.html