VulnerabilityPublished 14 Aug 2026Updated 1 Nov 2026

CVE-2026-74243: Red Hat OpenShift Update Service · Missing Authentication for Critical Functionality

Affects Red Hat OpenShift Update ServiceSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.5 Medium.

Data as of 12 Nov 2026, 23:24 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score

6.5Medium

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CNA (redhat)	CVSS 3.1	6.5

EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 40% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Attack Vector: Network
Attack Complexity: Low
Privileges Required: None
User Interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality: None
Integrity: Low
Availability: Low

Bold values are the worst case: easiest to exploit or largest impact.

Attack Vector: Network: The vulnerable component is bound to the network stack and the set of possible attackers extends beyond the other options listed, up to and including the entire Internet. Such a vulnerability is often termed 'remotely exploitable' and can be thought of as an attack being exploitable at the protocol level one or more network hops away (e.g., across one or more routers).
Attack Complexity: Low: Specialized access conditions or extenuating circumstances do not exist. An attacker can expect repeatable success against the vulnerable component.
Privileges Required: None: The attacker is unauthorized prior to attack, and therefore does not require any access to settings or files to carry out an attack.
User Interaction: None: The vulnerable system can be exploited without any interaction from any user.
Scope: Unchanged: An exploited vulnerability can only affect resources managed by the same security authority. In this case, the vulnerable component and the impacted component are either the same, or both are managed by the same security authority.
Confidentiality: None: There is no loss of confidentiality within the impacted component.
Integrity: Low: Modification of data is possible, but the attacker does not have control over the consequence of a modification, or the amount of modification is limited. The data modification does not have a direct, serious impact on the impacted component.
Availability: Low: Performance is reduced or there are interruptions in resource availability. Even if repeated exploitation of the vulnerability is possible, the attacker does not have the ability to completely deny service to legitimate users. The resources in the impacted component are either partially available all of the time, or fully available only some of the time, but overall there is no direct, serious consequence to the impacted component.

Definitions: FIRST CVSS v3.1 specification.

Exploitation evidence

Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 14 Aug 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 13 Nov 2026.

Disclosed: The CVE record is public on cve.org. Its publication is t = 0.
Detectable: A public nuclei template can find exposed instances, for defenders and attackers alike.
Weaponized: A Metasploit exploit module or Exploit-DB entry exists (Metasploit scanner modules do not count), or CISA SSVC or the CVSS exploit maturity reports a public proof of concept.
Exploited in the wild: CISA KEV lists it, CISA SSVC rates exploitation active, or a source reports attacks.
Observed by OffSeq Mirage: OffSeq Mirage honeypot sensors recorded attack traffic for this CVE, or found exposed hosts without attack traffic.

Moments are spaced evenly, not to scale; a dashed line marks a gap of six months or more. Deltas count from t = 0. Sources that give only a date (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, or a time of exactly 00:00Z) read “same day” rather than hours. Metasploit modules carry the flaw’s disclosure date, not their release date, and nuclei templates carry no date, so both appear above but not on the timeline.

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Affected software

Product	Affected	Fixed in
Red Hat OpenShift Update Serviceopenshift-update-service/openshift-update-service-rhel8	Affected–	Fixed in–
Red Hat Quay 3quay/quay-rhel8	Affected–	Fixed in–
Red Hat Quay 3quay/quay-rhel9	Affected–	Fixed in–

AI-suggested

To mitigate this vulnerability, configure the SECURITY_SCANNER_V4_PSK pre-shared key in standalone Red Hat Quay installations. This enables authentication on the security scanner notification endpoint and prevents unauthenticated access. A restart of the Quay service may be required for the changes to take effect. Operator-managed deployments are not affected as they generate this key automatically.

Description

CVE-2026-74243 is a vulnerability in Red Hat Quay where, if the SECURITY_SCANNER_V4_PSK (pre-shared key) is not configured, unauthenticated remote attackers can send POST requests to the security scanner notification endpoint. This can lead to flooding the notification queue and injecting path traversal characters into Clair API URL paths, causing worker resource exhaustion and potential denial of service. The issue primarily affects standalone Quay installations without the pre-shared key set, as operator-managed deployments generate this key automatically.

Impact

The vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to flood the security scanner notification endpoint, causing worker resource exhaustion and enabling blind path manipulation on the configured Clair host. This can lead to denial of service conditions. There is no impact on confidentiality, but integrity is lowly impacted and availability impact is low to medium depending on scoring source. Exploitation does not require privileges or user interaction.

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