{"id":"GHSA-qq97-vm5h-rrhg","summary":"OCI Manifest Type Confusion Issue","details":"### Impact\n\nSystems that rely on digest equivalence for image attestations may be vulnerable to type confusion.\n\n### Patches\n\nUpgrade to at least `v2.8.0-beta.1`  if you are running `v2.x` release. If you use the code from the `main` branch, update at least to the commit after [b59a6f827947f9e0e67df0cfb571046de4733586](https://github.com/distribution/distribution/commit/b59a6f827947f9e0e67df0cfb571046de4733586).\n\n### Workarounds\n\nThere is no way to work around this issue without patching.\n\n### References\n\nDue to [an oversight in the OCI Image Specification](https://github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/pull/411) that removed the embedded `mediaType` field from manifests, a maliciously crafted OCI Container Image can cause registry clients to parse the same image in two different ways without modifying the image’s digest by modifying the `Content-Type` header returned by a registry. This can invalidate a common pattern of relying on container image digests for equivalence.\n\n### For more information\n\nIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory:\n* Open an issue in [distribution](https://github.com/distribution/distribution) \n* Open an issue in [distribution-spec](https://github.com/opencontainers/distribution-spec) \n* Email us at [cncf-distribution-security@lists.cncf.io](mailto:cncf-distribution-security@lists.cncf.io)\n","aliases":["GO-2022-0379"],"modified":"2026-08-07T08:12:31.384046104Z","published":"2022-02-08T18:53:56Z","database_specific":{"github_reviewed_at":"2022-02-08T18:53:56Z","nvd_published_at":null,"cwe_ids":["CWE-843"],"severity":"LOW","github_reviewed":true},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/distribution/distribution/security/advisories/GHSA-qq97-vm5h-rrhg"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/pull/411"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/distribution/distribution/commit/b59a6f827947f9e0e67df0cfb571046de4733586"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/distribution/distribution"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2022-0379"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"github.com/docker/distribution","ecosystem":"Go","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/docker/distribution"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.8.0"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/02/GHSA-qq97-vm5h-rrhg/GHSA-qq97-vm5h-rrhg.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N"}]}