A flaw was found in the github.com/containers/image library. This flaw allows attackers to trigger unexpected authenticated registry accesses on behalf of a victim user, causing resource exhaustion, local path traversal, and other attacks.
CVE-2024-3727
This high-severity CVE scores 8.3 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 0.4%, top 38% 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).
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 8.3
- EG Score
- 8.3(medium)
- EPSS
- 66.6%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
May 14, 2024
Last Modified
June 30, 2026
Advisory Details (10)
Auto-updated Jun 30, 2026Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:5258Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 (CVE-2024-6409)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4960Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 (CVE-2024-6409)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4613Vendor Advisories for CVE-2024-3727(20)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2024:6122Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.18.1 bug fix and security update
- RHSA-2024:9960Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift API for Data Protection (OADP) 1.3.4 security and bug fix update
- RHSA-2024:9097Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: buildah security update
- RHSA-2024:9098Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: skopeo security update
- RHSA-2024:9102Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: podman security update
- RHSA-2024:8425Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.15.37 bug fix and security update
- RHSA-2024:8260Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.16.18 bug fix and security update
- RHSA-2024:7941Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.13.z security update
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Patch Availability(25)
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
(2 across 1 ecosystem)
Go(2)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| github.com/containers/image | — | 5.30.1 | — |
| github.com/containers/image/v5 | — | 5.30.1 | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(6)
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.
- Microsoft MSRCCVE-2024-37272024-06-30
Containers/image: digest type does not guarantee valid type
- Red HatRHSA-2024:0045MODERATE2024-05-09
RHSA-2024:0045 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2024:4159MODERATE2024-05-09
RHSA-2024:4159 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2024:4613MODERATE2024-05-09
RHSA-2024:4613 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2024:4850MODERATE2024-05-09
RHSA-2024:4850 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2024:4960MODERATE2024-05-09
RHSA-2024:4960 — Moderate
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