The OCI Distribution Spec project defines an API protocol to facilitate and standardize the distribution of content. In the OCI Distribution Specification version 1.0.0 and prior, the Content-Type header alone was used to determine the type of document during push and pull operations. Documents that contain both “manifests” and “layers” fields could be interpreted as either a manifest or an index in the absence of an accompanying Content-Type header. If a Content-Type header changed between two pulls of the same digest, a client may interpret the resulting content differently. The OCI Distribution Specification has been updated to require that a mediaType value present in a manifest or index match the Content-Type header used during the push and pull operations. Clients pulling from a registry may distrust the Content-Type header and reject an ambiguous document that contains both “manifests” and “layers” fields or “manifests” and “config” fields if they are unable to update to version 1.0.1 of the spec.
CVE-2021-41190
This low-severity CVE scores 3.0 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 0.4%, top 42% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 3.0
- EG Score
- 3.0(medium)
- EPSS
- 79.5%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
November 17, 2021
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (22)
- security-advisories@githubhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/11/19/10
- security-advisories@githubhttps://github.com/opencontainers/distribution-spec/commit/ac28cac0557bcd3084714ab09f9f2356fe504923
- security-advisories@githubhttps://github.com/opencontainers/distribution-spec/security/advisories/GHSA-mc8v-mgrf-8f4m
- security-advisories@githubhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3TUZNDAH2B26VPBK342UC3BHZNLBUXGX/
- security-advisories@githubhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4334HT7AZPLWNYHW4ARU6JBUF3VZJPZN/
- security-advisories@githubhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A2RRFNTMFYKOTRKD37F5ANMCIO3GGJML/
- security-advisories@githubhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DX63GRWFEI5RVMYV6XLMCG4OHPWZML27/
- security-advisories@githubhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RZTO6N55WHKHIZI4IMLY2QFBPMVTAERM/
- security-advisories@githubhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SQBCYJUIM5GVCMFUPRWKRZNXMMI5EFA4/
- security-advisories@githubhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T4OJ764CKKCWCVONHD4YXTGR7HZ7LRUV/
- security-advisories@githubhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YIGVQWOA5XXCQXEOOKZX4CDAGLBDRPRX/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/11/19/10
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/opencontainers/distribution-spec/commit/ac28cac0557bcd3084714ab09f9f2356fe504923
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/opencontainers/distribution-spec/security/advisories/GHSA-mc8v-mgrf-8f4m
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3TUZNDAH2B26VPBK342UC3BHZNLBUXGX/
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2021-41190(6)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2022:5069Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.11.0 bug fix and security update
- RHSA-2022:4956Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management 2.5 security updates, images, and bug fixes
- RHSA-2022:4668Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Virtualization 4.10.1 Images security and bug fix update
- RHSA-2022:1734Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: Migration Toolkit for Containers (MTC) 1.7.1 security and bug fix update
- RHSA-2022:1476Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management 2.4.3 security updates and bug fixes
- RHSA-2022:0055Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.10.3 bug fix and security update
Patch Availability(7)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhat | container-tools:rhel8-8070020220929222448.39077419 | 2022-11-08 | redhat |
| redhat | openshift4/ose-docker-builder:v4.11.0-202208020235.p0.gb500d85.assembly.stream | 2022-08-10 | redhat |
| redhat | rhacm2/prometheus-rhel8:v2.5.0-14 | 2022-06-09 | redhat |
| redhat | advanced-cluster-security/rhacs-roxctl-rhel8:3.70.0-2 | 2022-06-02 | redhat |
| redhat | rhmtc/openshift-migration-controller-rhel8:v1.7.1-7 | 2022-05-05 | redhat |
| redhat | cri-o-0:1.23.0-92.rhaos4.10.gitdaab4d1.el7 | 2022-03-10 | redhat |
| redhat | oadp/oadp-velero-plugin-rhel8:1.0.1-5 | 2022-02-28 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(1 across 1 ecosystem)
Go(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| github.com/opencontainers/distribution-spec | — | 1.0.1 | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(3)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
Data Freshness Timeline
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