Vulnerability · Published Apr 25, 2024 · Assigned by redhat

CVE-2024-3623Mirror-registry: default database secret key stored in plain-text on initial configuration file

Medium 6.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in mirror-registry. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 38% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 62.3% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

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.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
	mirror-registry	see references
Red Hat	mirror registry for Red Hat OpenShift	see references

Weakness: CWE-256 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-3623 vdb-entry, x_refsource_REDHAT
RHBZ#2274404 issue-tracking, x_refsource_REDHAT