CVE-2026-110697

Quay: quay: sql like wildcard injection in robot listing leaks cross-tenant robot tokens

Published Nov 11, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 9.9 Critical EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
A flaw was found in Quay where the robot account listing function constructs a SQL LIKE pattern from user-controlled namespace names without escaping wildcard metacharacters. An attacker who creates a namespace containing an underscore character can match and retrieve robot accounts and their decrypted authentication tokens from other tenants' namespaces, leading to cross-tenant credential theft and unauthorized image operations.

Remediation

Vendor Workaround

Update to the fixed Red Hat Quay release for your version: 3.9.28, 3.10.28, 3.12.24, 3.14.10, 3.15.9, 3.16.7, 3.17.7, or 3.18.3. Red Hat has already fixed Quay.io. There is no other complete workaround. If you cannot update immediately, restrict who can create organizations or namespaces containing an underscore, rotate robot tokens for any namespace that collides with an underscore-containing one, and monitor registry activity for pulls or pushes that don't match expected robot usage. These steps reduce exposure but do not fix the underlying flaw.

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:openshift_update_service:5
Vendors & Products Redhat openshift Update Service
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A flaw was found in Quay where the robot account listing function constructs a SQL LIKE pattern from user-controlled namespace names without escaping wildcard metacharacters. An attacker who creates a namespace containing an underscore character can match and retrieve robot accounts and their decrypted authentication tokens from other tenants' namespaces, leading to cross-tenant credential theft and unauthorized image operations.
Title Quay: quay: sql like wildcard injection in robot listing leaks cross-tenant robot tokens
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat openshift Update Service
Redhat quay
Weaknesses CWE-89
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:openshift_update_service:5
cpe:/a:redhat:quay:3
cpe:/a:redhat:quay:5
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat openshift Update Service
Redhat quay
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Nov 13, 2026, 9:13 AM
Reserved
Oct 14, 2026, 2:10 PM
Status
Awaiting Analysis
Published
Nov 11, 2026, 5:17 PM
Modified
Nov 13, 2026, 9:17 AM
Severity
Critical
Public date
Nov 11, 2026, 2:00 PM