CVE-2026-35172 — Improper Access Control in Distribution
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 87.50%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedApr 6
Latest updateApr 13
Description
Distribution is a toolkit to pack, ship, store, and deliver container content. Prior to 3.1.0, distribution can restore read access in repo a after an explicit delete when storage.cache.blobdescriptor: redis and storage.delete.enabled: true are both enabled. The delete path clears the shared digest descriptor but leaves stale repo-scoped membership behind, so a later Stat or Get from repo b repopulates the shared descriptor and makes the deleted blob readable from repo a again. This vulnerabilit…
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6
Affected Packages3 packages
🔴Vulnerability Details
5OSV▶
CVE-2026-35172: Distribution is a toolkit to pack, ship, store, and deliver container content↗2026-04-07
OSV▶
Distribution: stale blob access resurrection via repo-scoped redis descriptor cache invalidation↗2026-04-06
CVEList▶
Distribution has stale blob access resurrection via repo-scoped redis descriptor cache invalidation↗2026-04-06
GHSA▶
Distribution: stale blob access resurrection via repo-scoped redis descriptor cache invalidation↗2026-04-06
📋Vendor Advisories
1Red Hat▶
github.com/distribution/distribution: Distribution: Information disclosure via stale references after content deletion↗2026-04-06
🕵️Threat Intelligence
1💬Community
1Bugzilla▶
CVE-2026-35172 github.com/distribution/distribution: Distribution: Information disclosure via stale references after content deletion↗2026-04-06