CVE Catalog

CVE-2024-3727

HighCVSS 8.3
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Elevated risk
1.28%

69th percentile - higher than 69% of all known CVEs

Summary

A flaw was found in the github.com/containers/image library, allowing attackers to trigger unexpected authenticated registry accesses on behalf of a victim user. This can lead to resource exhaustion, local path traversal, and other attacks.

Risk Assessment

The organization faces risks of resource exhaustion and potential unauthorized access to local files, which could compromise data confidentiality and availability.

Recommendation

It is recommended to immediately update the github.com/containers/image library to the latest patched version. Also review the configuration of container registry access.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

A flaw was found in the github.com/containers/image library. This flaw allows attackers to trigger unexpected authenticated registry accesses on behalf of a victim user, causing resource exhaustion, local path traversal, and other attacks.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS