Distribution is a toolkit to pack, ship, store, and deliver container content. Systems running registry versions 3.0.0-beta.1 through 3.0.0-rc.2 with token authentication enabled may be vulnerable to an issue in which token authentication allows an attacker to inject an untrusted signing key in a JSON web token (JWT). The issue lies in how the JSON web key (JWK) verification is performed. When a JWT contains a JWK header without a certificate chain, the code only checks if the KeyID (`kid`) matches one of the trusted keys, but doesn't verify that the actual key material matches. A fix for the issue is available at commit 5ea9aa028db65ca5665f6af2c20ecf9dc34e5fcd and expected to be a part of version 3.0.0-rc.3. There is no way to work around this issue without patching if the system requires token authentication.
History

Thu, 13 Mar 2025 03:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4.17::el9

Wed, 12 Mar 2025 07:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat openshift
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4.18::el9
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat openshift

Sat, 15 Feb 2025 01:45:00 +0000

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References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

threat_severity

Moderate


Wed, 12 Feb 2025 21:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 11 Feb 2025 16:00:00 +0000

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Description Distribution is a toolkit to pack, ship, store, and deliver container content. Systems running registry versions 3.0.0-beta.1 through 3.0.0-rc.2 with token authentication enabled may be vulnerable to an issue in which token authentication allows an attacker to inject an untrusted signing key in a JSON web token (JWT). The issue lies in how the JSON web key (JWK) verification is performed. When a JWT contains a JWK header without a certificate chain, the code only checks if the KeyID (`kid`) matches one of the trusted keys, but doesn't verify that the actual key material matches. A fix for the issue is available at commit 5ea9aa028db65ca5665f6af2c20ecf9dc34e5fcd and expected to be a part of version 3.0.0-rc.3. There is no way to work around this issue without patching if the system requires token authentication.
Title Distribution's token authentication allows attacker to inject an untrusted signing key in a JWT
Weaknesses CWE-639
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2025-02-12T20:51:44.516Z

Reserved: 2025-01-29T15:18:03.211Z

Link: CVE-2025-24976

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-02-12T20:47:16.894Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2025-02-11T16:15:52.163

Modified: 2025-02-11T16:15:52.163

Link: CVE-2025-24976

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-02-11T15:48:59Z

Links: CVE-2025-24976 - Bugzilla