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[GHSA] GHSA-qg67-7m6v-qg25 (high) — zot: Bearer authentication maps DELETE to push scope, allowing unauthorized deletion

highgithub_advisoriesPublished 2026-09-18

GHSA-qg67-7m6v-qg25 Severity: high CVE: CVE-2026-61833

zot: Bearer authentication maps DELETE to push scope, allowing unauthorized deletion

### Summary

A bearer token with only `pull` and `push` scopes can successfully delete manifests and blobs from a zot registry. The bearer authentication handler maps all non-GET/HEAD HTTP methods, including DELETE, to the `"push"` action, and the `DistSpecA

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Original source: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qg67-7m6v-qg25