CVE-2026-41888

Distribution is a toolkit to pack, ship, store, and deliver container content. Prior to 3.1.1, tag deletion…

CVSS 4.0 · [email protected] · Secondary 6.3 MEDIUMCVSS 3.1 · [email protected] · Primary 6.5 MEDIUMCheck source for fixed versionsKEV status unknown

Original advisory

Historical advisory recorded 12 Nov 2026 16:19:25 UTC. Read the latest advisory.

nvd · CVE-2026-41888

Published

Distribution is a toolkit to pack, ship, store, and deliver container content. Prior to 3.1.1, tag deletion via the DELETE /v2/<name>/manifests/<tag> endpoint bypasses the storage.delete.enabled: false configuration, allowing any API client to remove tags from repositories even when the operator has explicitly disabled deletion. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.1.1.

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Affected versions, risk and source history

nvd · CVE-2026-41888

Published

Distribution is a toolkit to pack, ship, store, and deliver container content. Prior to 3.1.1, tag deletion via the DELETE /v2/<name>/manifests/<tag> endpoint bypasses the storage.delete.enabled: false configuration, allowing any API client…

Additional publisher context

NVD analysis and CPE criteria are source context, not proof that a package or your environment is affected. Complete affected data, logical configurations and SSVC are retained in the original JSON.

Source analysis status: Analyzed

Weakness classifications: CWE-863

Original publisher date fields

published: 2026-05-14T18:16:47.380

lastModified: 2026-11-11T20:10:00.273

1 source CPE criteria · context only

cpe:2.3:a:distribution:distribution:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

The original JSON retains the logical configuration operators, exclusions and version bounds.

Source published: 14 May 2026 18:16:47 UTC
Source modified: 11 Nov 2026 20:10:00 UTC
Saved here: 12 Nov 2026 16:19:25 UTC
Source terms: NIST NVD usage terms; underlying source attribution retained

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Source: nvd · NIST NVD usage terms; underlying source attribution retained. The publisher's wording is preserved. ChangeIntel groups the information and labels changes. The JSON record includes additional source fields.

CVSS 4.0 · [email protected] · Secondary · 6.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

CVSS 3.1 · [email protected] · Primary · 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L