QuayApplication · Redhat
CVE-2019-10205
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedA flaw was found in the way Red Hat Quay stores robot account tokens in plain text. An attacker able to perform database queries in the Red Hat Quay database could use the tokens to read or write container images stored in the registry.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceRed Hat Quay stores robot account authentication tokens in plain text within its database. An attacker with the ability to execute queries on the Quay database can retrieve these plaintext tokens and use them to authenticate against the registry, enabling unauthorized read or write access to container images.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
QuayApplication
= 3.0.0CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify Quay installation versionQuery the Quay instance or its configuration to determine the exact version number of the Red Hat Quay installationAffected if The installed version is exactly 3.0.0
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Determine database access postureReview database access controls, network policies, and authentication mechanisms protecting the Quay databaseAffected if The database is accessible to untrusted users or applications outside the Quay service account
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Locate robot account token storageExamine the Quay database schema for tables containing robot account credentials - look for columns storing authentication tokens in plaintextAffected if Robot account tokens are stored as plaintext strings rather than encrypted or hashed values
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Verify database query capability for attackersAssess whether an attacker could execute arbitrary SQL queries against the Quay database through SQL injection, compromised credentials, or direct database accessAffected if Attacker can execute SELECT or equivalent queries on tables storing robot account tokens
A user is affected if they are running exactly Red Hat Quay version 3.0.0 and the database containing robot account tokens is accessible to parties who should not have query capabilities.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImplement encryption-at-rest for robot account tokens in the database and rotate all existing tokens. Additionally, restrict database access and audit query logs for unauthorized access attempts.
Fix this in Quay
Scoped from the published advisory
- Consultation8.0 h
- Implementation24.0 h
- Testing12.0 h
- Review / QA8.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2019-10205 in production — separate from our analysis above.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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