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CVE-2024-9683: Quay: quay allows successful authentication with trucated version of the password

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-10-17 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-305

Description

A vulnerability was found in Quay, which allows successful authentication even when a truncated password version is provided. This flaw affects the authentication mechanism, reducing the overall security of password enforcement.  While the risk is relatively low due to the typical length of the passwords used (73 characters), this vulnerability can still be exploited to reduce the complexity of brute-force or password-guessing attacks. The truncation of passwords weakens the overall authentication process, thereby reducing the effectiveness of password policies and potentially increasing the risk of unauthorized access in the future.

Affected products

• Red Hat Quay 3: 3.0.0

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-9683
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2317559

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