Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting docker-registry package, versions <2.8.2+ds1-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.94% (57th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN14-DOCKERREGISTRY-11740618
  • published10 Aug 2025
  • disclosed6 Jun 2023

Introduced: 6 Jun 2023

CVE-2023-2253  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-770  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:14 docker-registry to version 2.8.2+ds1-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream docker-registry package and not the docker-registry package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:14 relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw was found in the /v2/_catalog endpoint in distribution/distribution, which accepts a parameter to control the maximum number of records returned (query string: n). This vulnerability allows a malicious user to submit an unreasonably large value for n, causing the allocation of a massive string array, possibly causing a denial of service through excessive use of memory.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1