Uncontrolled resource consumption in containers/image
Priority LOW 17CWE-400Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · Low
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 5 fixed, 1 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-400.
Summary
A malicious container image can consume an unbounded amount of memory when being pulled to a container runtime host, such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux using podman, or OpenShift Container Platform. An attacker can use this flaw to trick a user, with privileges to pull container images, into crashing the process responsible for pulling the image. This flaw affects containers-image versions before 5.2.0.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00688 52nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Red Hat: 7 advisoriesRed Hat: 5 fixed, 1 without a fix
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | containers/image | containers-image 5.2.0 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- containers/image Vendor— Affected containers-image 5.2.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 2
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:containers-image_project:containers-image:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | before 5.2.0 | Vulnerable | Containers-image Project |
| cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 8.0 | Vulnerable | Red Hat |
- cpe:2.3:a:containers-image_project:containers-image:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 5.2.0 Vulnerable ·Containers-image Project
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.0 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
Remediation
Red Hat 7 advisories
- RHSA-2020:2681 Released 2020-06-23 · Red Hat rating Lowskopeo security and bug fix update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extras containers-common-1:0.1.40-11.el7_8, skopeo-1:0.1.40-11.el7_8
- RHSA-2020:2218 Released 2020-05-28 · Red Hat rating LowOpenShift Container Platform 3.11 security update
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11 cri-o-1.11.16-0.9.dev.rhaos3.11.git6d43aae.el7
- RHSA-2020:2116 Released 2020-05-12 · Red Hat rating Importantbuildah security and bug fix update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extras buildah-1.11.6-11.el7_8
Show 4 more Red Hat advisories
- RHSA-2020:1937 Released 2020-05-04 · Red Hat rating ModerateOpenShift Container Platform 4.4.3 cri-o security update
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.4 cri-o-1.17.4-8.dev.rhaos4.4.git5f5c5e4.el7, cri-o-1.17.4-8.dev.rhaos4.4.git5f5c5e4.el8
- RHSA-2020:1650 Released 2020-04-28 · Red Hat rating Moderatecontainer-tools:rhel8 security, bug fix, and enhancement update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) buildah-1.11.6-7.module+el8.2.0+5856+b8046c6d.aarch64::container-tools:rhel8, buildah-1.11.6-7.module+el8.2.0+5856+b8046c6d.ppc64le::container-tools:rhel8, buildah-1.11.6-7.module+el8.2.0+5856+b8046c6d.s390x::container-tools:rhel8 +47
- RHSA-2020:1227 Released 2020-04-01 · Red Hat rating Moderatepodman security, bug fix, and enhancement update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extras podman-1.6.4-16.el7_8, podman-docker-1.6.4-16.el7_8
- RHSA-2020:1234 Released 2020-04-01 · Red Hat rating Moderatedocker security and bug fix update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extras docker-2:1.13.1-161.git64e9980.el7_8, docker-client-2:1.13.1-161.git64e9980.el7_8, docker-common-2:1.13.1-161.git64e9980.el7_8 +5
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extras | Fixed | RHSA-2020:1227, RHSA-2020:1234, RHSA-2020:2116, RHSA-2020:2681 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) | Fixed | RHSA-2020:1650 |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11 | Fixed | RHSA-2020:2218 |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.3 | Fixed | — |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.4 | Fixed | RHSA-2020:1937 |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-1702
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-f6vj-xx8j-fqmq
References
Sources
- CVE-2020-1702 · CVE Program
- CVE-2020-1702 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-f6vj-xx8j-fqmq · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2020-1702 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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