Answer in brief
CVE-2026-6848 records a Medium severity (CVSS 5.4) vulnerability in Quay: red hat quay: authentication bypass allows privileged actions without valid credentials. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Red Hat/quay/quay-rhel8 (generic), Red Hat/quay/quay-rhel9 (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 5.4. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
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The current feed maps Red Hat/quay/quay-rhel8 (generic), Red Hat/quay/quay-rhel9 (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed versions |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:redhat:quay:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat/quay/quay-rhel8generic | * | Not reported |
| Red Hat/quay/quay-rhel9generic | * | Not reported |
Published upstream
Apr 22, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Nov 1, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Oct 28, 2026
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.
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