CVE-2026-41888

medium

Published 2026-05-14 · Modified 2026-05-14

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CVSS v3

6.5

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

CVSS v4 NEW

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

VIR risk

6.5

Description

Distribution's tag deletion bypasses `storage.delete.enabled` configuration

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

75%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

Debian Affected 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Affected	—
sid	Affected	—
forky	Affected	—
bullseye	Affected	—
bookworm	Affected	—

SUSE Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Affected	—

Package impact

Ecosystem	Package	Vulnerable	Fixed
Go	github.com/distribution/distribution/v3	`<3.1.1`	`3.1.1`
Go	github.com/distribution/distribution	`<=2.8.3`
GO	github.com/distribution/distribution	`<= 2.8.3`
GO	github.com/distribution/distribution/v3	`< 3.1.1`	`3.1.1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
distribution	distribution	`{"endExcluding":"3.1.1"}`	`3.1.1`

References

CWEs

CWE-863

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.