Vulnerability · Published Aug 14, 2026 · Assigned by redhat

CVE-2026-74240Quay: jwt claim validation bypasses in quay federated robot and sso authentication

Medium 5.4

In plain English

A medium-severity improper authentication in Red Hat OpenShift Update Service from Red Hat. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 22% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.4Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 78.1% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A flaw was found in Red Hat Quay's JWT (JSON Web Token) validation for federated robot accounts and single sign-on (SSO) authentication. Multiple issues related to audience verification and the enforcement of `azp` and `sub` claims were identified. These flaws could allow an attacker with a validly-signed token from the same identity provider to bypass configured security restrictions. This bypass could lead to unauthorized access by circumventing intended audience, subject, or authorized-client limitations.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Red Hat	Red Hat OpenShift Update Service	see references
Red Hat	Red Hat Quay 3	see references
Red Hat	Red Hat Quay 3	see references

Weakness: CWE-287 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-74240 vdb-entry, x_refsource_REDHAT
RHBZ#2516139 issue-tracking, x_refsource_REDHAT