CVE-2020-29591

highpriority · track · 40EPSS 0.026 · 85 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

2.65% (85th) EPSS

CVSS 10 · high

Is it mine?

7 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-26

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

10.0

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 9–10

v2.010highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 10

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.9

v3.19criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-521USprimary

affected products (7)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
docker registry= 2.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:docker:registry:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
docker registry= 2.5.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:docker:registry:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
docker registry= 2.5.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:docker:registry:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
docker registry= 2.6.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:docker:registry:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
docker registry= 2.6.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:docker:registry:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
docker registry= 2.7.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:docker:registry:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2020-12-11modified 2026-06-17

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references (10)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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