CVE-2017-11468

Docker Registry before 2.6.2 in Docker Distribution does not properly restrict the amount of content accepted from a user, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via the manifest endpoint.

Published: 2017-07-20 Last update: 2026-05-13 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2017-11468 is rated Moderate Risk (49.7/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.34%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2017-11468

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-04-01 0.44% 0.34% -0.10%
2 2025-12-28 0.25% 0.44% +0.19%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.25% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2017-11468

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 3.6 [email protected]
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2017-11468

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2017-11468

GHSA-h62f-wm92-2cmw · Severity: high · Ecosystem: go — Docker Registry has Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

OS Trackers for CVE-2017-11468

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2017-11468 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (docker-registry), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-11468
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-11468
suse medium CVE-2017-11468 severity moderate: SUSE including 9 source package names (distribution, distribution-registry, …), 10 product×package rows across 8 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 12, SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 15 SP4, … (8 product lines)): Fixed 8, Known Not Affected 2. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-11468/
ubuntu low CVE-2017-11468 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (docker-registry), 16 status rows across 16 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, trusty, upstream, xenial, zesty): not-affected 11, ignored 2, released 2, DNE 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-11468

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2017-11468

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
docker docker_registry <= 2.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker_registry:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2017-11468

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