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.

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements Present

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact None

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact Low

Vulnerable System Availability Impact Low

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-6pjf-3r9x-m592 Distribution's tag deletion bypasses `storage.delete.enabled` configuration
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History

Thu, 14 May 2026 17:30:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title Distribution: Tag deletion bypasses `storage.delete.enabled` configuration
Weaknesses CWE-863
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.3, 'vector': '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'}

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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-14T18:38:43.215Z

Reserved: 2026-04-22T15:11:54.671Z

Link: CVE-2026-41888

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Status : Awaiting Analysis

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

Modified: 2026-05-14T18:26:39.827

Link: CVE-2026-41888

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Updated: 2026-05-14T18:30:26Z

Weaknesses