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Vulnerability record/PUBLISHED/Published Aug 14, 2026 22:43:06 UTC

CVE-2026-74243

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.

Base score6.5/ 10
SeverityMediumCVSS 3.1

Exploitability / impact

CVSS metric breakdown

Vector-derived attributes
Base severityMedium
Attack vectorNetworkAV
Attack complexityLowAC
Privileges requiredNonePR
User interactionNoneUI
ScopeUnchangedS
Confidentiality impactNoneC
Integrity impactLowI
Availability impactLowA
CVSS vector stringCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

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Record context

CVE Numbering Authorityredhat
Last updatedNov 1, 2026 05:03:03 UTC
PublishedAug 14, 2026 22:43:06 UTC
ReservedAug 14, 2026 19:46:37 UTC

Credits

  • Red Hat would like to thank meifukun (https://github.com/meifukun) for reporting this issue.