CVE-2022-46463

HIGH

Harbor 1.1.0-2.5.3 - Unauthenticated Access to Image Repositories

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 4 public exploits for CVE-2022-46463. PoCs published by 404tk, nu0l, CodeSecurityTeam.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This PoC exploits CVE-2022-46463, an unauthorized access vulnerability in Harbor, to enumerate and download public Docker images. It interacts with Harbor's API to list repositories, tags, and build history, and can dump image layers for offline analysis.

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."

Exploits (4)

nomisec WORKING POC 51 stars
by 404tk · poc
https://github.com/404tk/CVE-2022-46463

This PoC exploits CVE-2022-46463, an unauthorized access vulnerability in Harbor, to enumerate and download public Docker images. It interacts with Harbor's API to list repositories, tags, and build history, and can dump image layers for offline analysis.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Info Leak
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Harbor (open-source container registry)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Publicly accessible Harbor instance · Network access to the target
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →
nomisec WORKING POC 30 stars
by nu0l · poc
https://github.com/nu0l/CVE-2022-46463

This PoC exploits an unauthorized access vulnerability in Harbor (CVE-2022-46463) to enumerate repositories and generate Docker pull commands. It interacts with Harbor's API to fetch repository details and artifact information without authentication.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Auth Bypass
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Harbor (version not specified)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network access to the Harbor instance · Harbor API endpoints exposed
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →
nomisec WORKING POC 13 stars
by CodeSecurityTeam · poc
https://github.com/CodeSecurityTeam/harbor

This repository contains a Python script designed to exploit CVE-2022-46463, which involves unauthorized access to Harbor registry repositories due to misconfigured permissions. The script automates the discovery, download, and extraction of Docker images from vulnerable Harbor instances.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Auth Bypass
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Harbor (v1 and v2)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to a vulnerable Harbor instance · Network connectivity to the target
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →
github WORKING POC
by Andyyyyuan · pythonpoc
https://github.com/Andyyyyuan/CVE-Poc/tree/main/CVE-2022-46463-2

This repository contains a functional Python script that exploits CVE-2022-46463, an unauthorized access vulnerability in Harbor, to enumerate and download public Docker images. The script interacts with Harbor's API to list repositories, tags, and download image layers without authentication.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Info Leak
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Harbor (open-source container registry)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Harbor instance with exposed API endpoints · Publicly accessible repositories
devstral-2 · analyzed Apr 10, 2026 Full analysis →

References (3)

Core 3

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0624
EPSS Percentile 92.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable yes
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-306
Status published
Products (1)
linuxfoundation/harbor 1.1.0 - 2.5.3
Published Jan 13, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026