CVE-2026-74241 (GCVE-0-2026-74241)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-14 22:43 – Updated: 2026-08-14 22:43
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Quay: ldap referral filter injection in quay external ldap authentication
Summary
A flaw was found in Red Hat Quay's external Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) authentication handling. When an LDAP referral is returned during authentication, the system does not properly escape the username input. This allows an attacker to inject LDAP filter metacharacters, enabling user-existence oracle attacks at the referral Directory Name (DN). This could also potentially influence which DN is used for password binding in multi-domain Active Directory environments.
Severity
4.8 (Medium)
CWE
- CWE-90 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an LDAP Query ('LDAP Injection')
Assigner
References
2 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-74241 | vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2516141 | issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT |
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Update Service |
cpe:/a:redhat:openshift_update_service:5 |
|
| Red Hat | Red Hat Quay 3 |
cpe:/a:redhat:quay:3 |
Date Public
2026-08-14 00:00
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