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TI-2020-16903 Aliases CVE-2020-27832GHSA-2xp8-j5vh-vcrw

Cross-site scripting in quay

Priority MEDIUM 41CWE-79Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

A flaw was found in Red Hat Quay, where it has a persistent Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability when displaying a repository's notification. This flaw allows an attacker to trick a user into performing a malicious action to impersonate the target user. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.0091 60th percentileScored 2026-11-08
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 1 advisory

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
—quayquay 3.3.2—No fix listedCNA
  • quay Vendor— Affected quay 3.3.2 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:quay:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.0 to before 3.3.2VulnerableRed Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:quay:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.0 to before 3.3.2 Vulnerable ·Red Hat

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2021:0050 Released 2021-01-11 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    Red Hat Quay v3.3.3 bug fix and security update
    • Quay v3 quay/quay-container-security-rhel8-operator, quay/quay-container-security-rhel8-operator-metadata, quay/quay-openshift-bridge-rhel8-operator +3

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Quay v3Fixed RHSA-2021:0050

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-27832
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2xp8-j5vh-vcrw

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2023-23979 The HTTP/2 protocol allows a denial of service (server resource consumption) because… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2019-06950 Some HTTP/2 implementations are vulnerable to a settings flood, potentially leading to a… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2019-06949 Some HTTP/2 implementations are vulnerable to a reset flood, potentially leading to a… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2019-06948 Some HTTP/2 implementations are vulnerable to resource loops, potentially leading to a… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2026-32429 Axios: Credential Theft and Response Hijacking via Prototype Pollution Gadget in Config Merge CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.7
  • TI-2019-06946 Some HTTP/2 implementations are vulnerable to window size manipulation and stream… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
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Sources

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