CVE-2026-6848

A flaw was found in Red Hat Quay. When Red Hat Quay requests password re-verification for sensitive operations, such as token generation or robot account creation, the re-authentication prompt can be bypassed. This allows a user with a timed-out session, or an attacker with access to an idle authenticated browser session, to perform privileged actions without providing valid credentials. The vulnerability enables unauthorized execution of sensitive operations despite the user interface displaying an error for invalid credentials.

CVSS v3 5.4 MEDIUM

5.4^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 2.5

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-6848	Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2460119	Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:redhat:quay:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

20 May 2026, 13:38

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-6848 -~~	() https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-6848 - Vendor Advisory
References	~~() https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2460119 -~~	() https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2460119 - Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:redhat:quay:3.0.0:::::::*
First Time		Redhat Redhat quay

22 Apr 2026, 10:16

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-04-22 10:16

Updated : 2026-05-20 13:38

NVD link : CVE-2026-6848

Mitre link : CVE-2026-6848

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-6848

JSON object : View

Products Affected

redhat

quay

CWE

CWE-613

Insufficient Session Expiration

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