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.
Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-32202 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.
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Solution

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Workaround

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History

Wed, 21 Jan 2026 22:30:00 +0900

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}


Wed, 30 Jul 2025 23:45:00 +0900

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CPEs cpe:2.3:a:redhat:mirror_registry:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Wed, 25 Sep 2024 00:30:00 +0900

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-01-21T13:03:17.136Z

Reserved: 2024-04-10T18:03:02.203Z

Link: CVE-2024-3623

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T20:20:00.562Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-04-25T18:15:09.980

Modified: 2026-01-21T14:16:05.060

Link: CVE-2024-3623

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2024-04-10T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2024-3623 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses