Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-5891

Medium

Published: 12 June 2024

Published
12 June 2024
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 4.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0012 30.0th percentile
Risk Priority 8 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-5891 is a medium-severity Weak Authentication (CWE-1390) vulnerability in Redhat Quay. Its CVSS base score is 4.2 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked at the 30.0th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

A vulnerability was found in Quay. If an attacker can obtain the client ID for an application, they can use an OAuth token to authenticate despite not having access to the organization from which the application was created. This issue…

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is limited to authentication and not authorization. However, in configurations where endpoints rely only on authentication, a user may authenticate to applications they otherwise have no access to.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

redhat
quay
3.0.0

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-1390

Helps detect exploitation of weak authentication mechanisms by notifying of previous unauthorized logons.

addresses: CWE-1390

The IA policy requires strong authentication methods, reducing use of weak authentication.

addresses: CWE-1390

Enforces dynamic, context-aware authentication that mitigates weak static authentication by increasing requirements based on risk or conditions.

addresses: CWE-1390

Enforces authentication for users, reducing the viability of weak authentication mechanisms.

addresses: CWE-1390

Requires authentication mechanisms to meet applicable standards and guidelines, preventing weak authentication.

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