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SCA: security update for github.com/distribution/distribution/v3 (GHSA-6pjf-3r9x-m592)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 441104

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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. (CVE-2026-41888)

Solution

Update the github.com/distribution/distribution/v3 library and its related packages to version 3.1.1 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6pjf-3r9x-m592

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 441104

Version: Revision 1.5

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 5/5/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.1

Percentile: 7.71

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-41888

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Threat Score: 2.9

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/4/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/1/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-41888

cwe: CWE-863