CVE-2026-74243 json
Quay: unauthenticated secscan notification endpoint in quay when psk is unset
published 2026-08-14 2 mo ago modified 2026-11-01 8 d ago also EUVD-2026-58820
- cvss
- 6.5
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.5%
- EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 40%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
A flaw was found in Red Hat Quay. When the SECURITY_SCANNER_V4_PSK (pre-shared key) is not set, a remote unauthenticated attacker can send POST requests to the security scanner notification endpoint. This allows the attacker to flood the notification queue and inject path traversal characters into Clair API URL paths. The primary consequence is worker resource exhaustion and blind path manipulation on the configured Clair host, potentially leading to a denial of service.
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2026-74243 updated cvss 6.5
quay: Unauthenticated secscan notification endpoint in Quay when PSK is unset
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Red Hat OpenShift Update Service openshift-update-service/openshift-update-service-rhel8 Red Hat Quay 3 quay/quay-rhel8, quay/quay-rhel9affected: workaround, no fix available “Fix deferred”
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 2 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 40% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L |
| NVD | 3.1 | 8.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H |
Affected products
- Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Update Service
- Red Hat Red Hat Quay 3
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-306 Missing Authentication for Critical Functionality
References
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access.redhat.com
/security/cve/CVE-2026-74243
vdb-entry, vendor-advisory
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bugzilla.redhat.com
/show_bug.cgi?id=2516142
issue-tracking, vendor-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-74243
- NVD CVE-2026-74243
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