High severity · published Apr 6, 2026
CVE-2026-35172
Distribution has stale blob access resurrection via repo-scoped redis descriptor cache invalidation
7.5
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Distribution is a toolkit to pack, ship, store, and deliver container content. Prior to 3.1.0, distribution can restore read access in repo a after an explicit delete when storage.cache.blobdescriptor: redis and storage.delete.enabled: true are both enabled. The delete path clears the shared digest descriptor but leaves stale repo-scoped membership behind, so a later Stat or Get from repo b repopulates the shared descriptor and makes the deleted blob readable from repo a again. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.1.0.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 39% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DI
distribution · distribution
< 3.1.0 · source: vendor, NVD
ME
Multicluster Engine for Kubernetes · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.22 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-35172
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-35172
Exploit
https://github.com/distribution/distribution/security/advisories/GHSA-f2g3-hh2r-cwgc
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:23234
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:25045
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26529
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26543
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:28893
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