CVE-2024-3727
containers/image: digest type does not guarantee valid type
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · May 9, 2024
Updated · October 29, 2026
Description
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.
Statement
Some conditions are necessary for this attack to occur, such as the attacker being able to upload malicious images to the registry and persuade a victim to pull them. Hence, the severity of this flaw was rated as Moderate.
CVSS score applicability
The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.
Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 8.3CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE-354 · Improper Validation of Integrity Check Value