CVE-2024-3623

MEDIUM 6.5

Mirror-registry: default database secret key stored in plain-text on initial configuration file

CVSS Score

6.5

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

0th

A flaw was found when using mirror-registry to install Quay. It uses a default database secret key, which is stored in plain-text format in one of the configuration template files. This issue may lead to all instances of Quay deployed using mirror-registry to have the same database secret key. This flaw allows a malicious actor to access sensitive information from Quay's database.

CWE	CWE-256
Published	Apr 25, 2024
Last Updated	Jan 21, 2026

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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Affected Versions

Red Hat / mirror registry for Red Hat OpenShift

All versions affected

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-3623 bugzilla.redhat.com: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2274404

Credits

Red Hat would like to thank Solomon Roberts (BadgerOps.net works) for reporting this issue.