CVE-2014-5277

docker: fallback to HTTP when HTTPS connections to the registry fail

Published Nov 17, 2014 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 1.9% KEV · Not listed
Description
Docker before 1.3.1 and docker-py before 0.5.3 fall back to HTTP when the HTTPS connection to the registry fails, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to conduct downgrade attacks and obtain authentication and image data by leveraging a network position between the client and the registry to block HTTPS traffic.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2014-0018 Docker before 1.3.1 and docker-py before 0.5.3 fall back to HTTP when the HTTPS connection to the registry fails, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to conduct downgrade attacks and obtain authentication and image data by leveraging a network position between the client and the registry to block HTTPS traffic.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-8w94-cf6g-c8mg Man-in-the-Middle (MitM)
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 11:41 AM
Reserved
Aug 16, 2014, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Nov 17, 2014, 4:59 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:11 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Oct 30, 2014, 12:00 AM