Description
A flaw was found in Red Hat Quay's notification webhook feature. The Slack and generic webhook notification handlers accept user-supplied URLs without SSRF validation, allowing a repository administrator to make the Quay worker issue POST requests to internal network addresses or cloud infrastructure endpoints that should not be reachable from the application.
Published: 2026-07-24
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
AI Analysis

Impact

A flaw in the notification webhook feature of Red Hat Quay allows a repository administrator to supply arbitrary URLs without verifying that the target is external. The application then directs the Quay workers to POST to those URLs, giving the attacker the ability to reach internal network services or cloud metadata endpoints that should not be exposed.

Affected Systems

Red Hat products affected are Red Hat OpenShift Update Service and Red Hat Quay 3. Versions are not specified in the data; any installation of Quay 3 that contains the notification webhook feature is potentially vulnerable.

Risk and Exploitability

The CVSS score of 5.5 indicates moderate severity, and the EPSS score of < 1% shows that the probability of exploitation is very low at the time of this analysis. The vulnerability is not listed in CISA KEV. Exploitation requires repository administrator privileges and an ability for the Quay workers to reach the target; it can be used to read internal services or cloud metadata but does not provide remote code execution or full system compromise.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on August 4, 2026 at 15:10 UTC.

Remediation

Vendor Workaround

Restrict network egress from Quay worker pods/containers using network policies or firewall rules to block outbound connections to internal network ranges (10.0.0.0/8, 172.16.0.0/12, 192.168.0.0/16) and cloud metadata endpoints (169.254.169.254). Limit repository creation and admin privileges to trusted users. Configure WEBHOOK_HOSTNAME_BLACKLIST in Quay config to include known internal hostnames and IP ranges.


OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Restrict outbound traffic from Quay worker pods or containers using network policies or firewall rules to block connections to internal IP ranges (10.0.0.0/8, 172.16.0.0/12, 192.168.0.0/16) and cloud metadata endpoints (169.254.169.254).
  • Limit repository creation and administrative privileges to trusted users only.
  • Configure the WEBHOOK_HOSTNAME_BLACKLIST setting in Quay config to include known internal hostnames and IP ranges.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on August 4, 2026 at 15:10 UTC.

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History

Sun, 02 Aug 2026 20:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat quay 3
Vendors & Products Redhat quay 3

Fri, 24 Jul 2026 18:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

ssvc

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

threat_severity

Moderate


Fri, 24 Jul 2026 07:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A flaw was found in Red Hat Quay's notification webhook feature. The Slack and generic webhook notification handlers accept user-supplied URLs without SSRF validation, allowing a repository administrator to make the Quay worker issue POST requests to internal network addresses or cloud infrastructure endpoints that should not be reachable from the application.
Title Quay: ssrf in red hat quay notification webhooks (slack/generic)
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat openshift Update Service
Redhat quay
Weaknesses CWE-918
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:openshift_update_service:5
cpe:/a:redhat:quay:3
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat openshift Update Service
Redhat quay
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}


Subscriptions

Redhat Openshift Update Service Quay Quay 3
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-07-24T10:55:46.478Z

Reserved: 2026-07-24T06:26:22.299Z

Link: CVE-2026-16910

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-24T10:55:39.005Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-07-24T08:16:26.790

Modified: 2026-07-24T20:49:03.140

Link: CVE-2026-16910

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-07-07T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2026-16910 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-04T15:15:04Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-918

    Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)