CVE-2026-6848 | Red Hat Quay 3 User Interface session expiration

VDB-358833 · CVE-2026-6848 · GCVE-0-2026-6848 RED HAT QUAY 3 USER INTERFACE SESSION EXPIRATION HISTORYDIFFRELATEJSONXMLCTI CVSS Meta Temp Score Current Exploit Price (≈) CTI Interest Score 5.9 $5k-$25k 1.50+ Summaryinfo A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Red Hat Quay 3. This affects an unknown part of the component User Interface. Performing a manipulation results in session expiration. This vulnerability was named CVE-2026-6848. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. Detailsinfo A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Red Hat Quay 3. This affects some unknown processing of the component User Interface. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a session expiration vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-613. According to WASC, "Insufficient Session Expiration is when a web site permits an attacker to reuse old session credentials or session IDs for authorization." This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is: A flaw was found in Red Hat Quay. When Red Hat Quay requests password re-verification for sensitive operations, such as token generation or robot account creation, the re-authentication prompt can be bypassed. This allows a user with a timed-out session, or an attacker with access to an idle authenticated browser session, to perform privileged actions without providing valid credentials. The vulnerability enables unauthorized execution of sensitive operations despite the user interface displaying an error for invalid credentials. The advisory is shared at access.redhat.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-6848 since 04/22/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/22/2026). There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product. Productinfo Vendor Red Hat Name Quay Version 3 License open-source Website Vendor: https://www.redhat.com/ CPE 2.3info 🔒 CPE 2.2info 🔒 CVSSv4info VulDB Vector: 🔒 VulDB Reliability: 🔍 CVSSv3info VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.9 VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.9 VulDB Base Score: 6.3 VulDB Temp Score: 6.3 VulDB Vector: 🔒 VulDB Reliability: 🔍 CNA Base Score: 5.4 CNA Vector (redhat): 🔒 CVSSv2info Vector Complexity Authentication Confidentiality Integrity Availability Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock VulDB Base Score: 🔒 VulDB Temp Score: 🔒 VulDB Reliability: 🔍 Exploitinginfo Class: Session expiration CWE: CWE-613 CAPEC: 🔒 ATT&CK: 🔒 Physical: No Local: No Remote: Yes Availability: 🔒 Status: Not defined Price Prediction: 🔍 Current Price Estimation: 🔒 0-Day Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Today Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Threat Intelligenceinfo Interest: 🔍 Active Actors: 🔍 Active APT Groups: 🔍 Countermeasuresinfo Recommended: no mitigation known Status: 🔍 0-Day Time: 🔒 Timelineinfo 04/22/2026 Advisory disclosed 04/22/2026 +0 days CVE reserved 04/22/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created 04/22/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update Sourcesinfo Vendor: redhat.com Advisory: access.redhat.com Status: Confirmed CVE: CVE-2026-6848 (🔒) GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-6848 GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-358833 Entryinfo Created: 04/22/2026 12:57 Changes: 04/22/2026 12:57 (61) Complete: 🔍 Cache ID: 99:CFD:101 Discussion No comments yet. Languages: en. Please log in to comment. ◂ PreviousOverviewNext ▸