# CVE-2022-46463: An access control issue in Harbor v1.X.X to v2.5.3 allows attackers to access public and private image repositories without authentication.

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 3 GitHub repos listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2023-01-12 · Updated: 2025-04-08

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

An access control issue in Harbor v1.X.X to v2.5.3 allows attackers to access public and private image repositories without authentication. NOTE: the vendor's position is that this "is clearly described in the documentation as a feature."

## What to do

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## References

- https://github.com/lanqingaa/123/blob/main/README.md
- https://github.com/lanqingaa/123/tree/bb48caa844d88b0e41e69157f2a2734311abf02d
- https://github.com/Vad1mo
- https://github.com/404tk/CVE-2022-46463
- https://github.com/CodeSecurityTeam/harbor
- https://github.com/nu0l/CVE-2022-46463

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