CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2024-3623

Plaintext Storage of a Password

Published: Apr 25, 2024 | Modified: Jan 21, 2026
CVSS 3.x
6.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
6.5 IMPORTANT
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Ubuntu
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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 Quays database.

Weakness

The product stores a password in plaintext within resources such as memory or files.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Mirror_registryRedhat- (including)- (including)

Potential Mitigations

References