CVE-2026-48978

LOW

2.1

CVSS v4

Description

oras-go is a Go library for managing OCI artifacts. Prior to 2.6.1, auth.Client follows the realm URL from a registry's WWW-Authenticate: Bearer challenge without validating the scheme or host, allowing a malicious or compromised registry to cause SSRF to internal networks such as http://169.254.169.254/, http://10.0.0.x/, and http://127.0.0.1/, or to downgrade a registry contacted over https:// to an http:// token endpoint in registry/remote/auth/client.go through Client.Do(), Client.fetchBearerToken(), fetchDistributionToken, and fetchOAuth2Token. This issue is fixed in version 2.6.1.

CWE-319 CWE-918Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

How to fix

Remediation Available

golang-oras-oras-goDebian

Fixed in:2.6.2-1CVE-2026-48978

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v4 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityHigh

Privileges RequiredNone

Impact

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Exploit Intelligence

0.26%probability of exploitation in 30 days

18thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 18% of all known CVEs.

References

Other references3

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-319 vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2018-12710	High	8.0	77%	-	-
CVE-2024-25735	Critical	9.1	51%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-3993	High	7.5	46%	-	-
CVE-2017-5259	High	8.8	31%	-	-
CVE-2016-5649	Critical	9.8	24%	-	-
CVE-2021-39341	High	8.2	22%	-	-

Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2026-48978?

Upgrade golang-oras-oras-go on debian unstable to 2.6.2-1 or later.

Is CVE-2026-48978 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2026-48978 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 0.26% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 18% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-2026-48978?

CVE-2026-48978 has a CVSS v4 base score of 2.1, rated low. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

What does CVE-2026-48978 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for golang-oras-oras-go (Debian). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

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