---
id: CVE-2026-32590
title: >-
  A flaw was found in Red Hat Quay's handling of resumable container image layer
  uploads
summary: >-
  A flaw was found in Red Hat Quay's handling of resumable container image layer
  uploads. The upload process stores intermediate data in the database using a
  format that, if tampered with, could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary
  code …
severity: high
cvss: 7.1
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-502
vendor: redhat
product: mirror_registry_for_red_hat_openshift
affected:
  - mirror_registry_for_red_hat_openshift
  - mirror_registry_for_red_hat_openshift = 2.0
  - quay = 3.0.0
published: '2026-04-08'
updated: '2026-09-09'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-09T23:16:55.500'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-32590'
references:
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19375'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:21017'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:22465'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:22629'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:22840'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:23361'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:24833'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:24853'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:28441'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:48085'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-32590'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2446964'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: >-
      https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-32590.json
  - url: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-32590'
  - url: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-32590'
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
  - csaf
  - vex
  - red-hat
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: total
  timestamp: '2026-04-08T19:14:47.764287Z'
epss: 0.00786
epssPercentile: 0.54175
ingestedAt: '2026-06-29T13:24:34.824Z'
patched:
  - quay 3.10
  - quay 3.12
  - quay 3.14
  - quay 3.15
  - quay 3.16
  - quay 3.17
  - quay 3.18
  - quay 3.9
  - mirror_registry_for_red_hat_openshift 2.0
---

## Overview

A flaw was found in Red Hat Quay's handling of resumable container image layer uploads. The upload process stores intermediate data in the database using a format that, if tampered with, could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the Quay server.

## Affected

- `mirror_registry_for_red_hat_openshift`
- `mirror_registry_for_red_hat_openshift = 2.0`
- `quay = 3.0.0`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.

## Vendor advisories

- **RHSA-2026:22840** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat Quay 3.10 · released 2026-06-03 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:22840)
- **RHSA-2026:22629** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat Quay 3.12 · released 2026-06-02 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:22629)
- **RHSA-2026:21017** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat Quay 3.14 · released 2026-05-26 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:21017)
- **RHSA-2026:24853** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat Quay 3.15 · released 2026-06-09 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:24853)
- **RHSA-2026:19375** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat Quay 3.16 · released 2026-05-19 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19375)
- **RHSA-2026:24833** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat Quay 3.17 · released 2026-06-09 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:24833)
- **RHSA-2026:22465** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat Quay 3.17 · released 2026-06-02 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:22465)
- **RHSA-2026:48085** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat Quay 3.18 · released 2026-07-29 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:48085)
- **RHSA-2026:23361** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat Quay 3.9 · released 2026-06-04 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:23361)
- **RHSA-2026:28441** · Red Hat · fixed in: mirror registry for Red Hat OpenShift 2.0 · released 2026-06-23 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:28441)
- **Red Hat VEX** · Moderate · affected: mirror registry for Red Hat OpenShift · no fix planned: mirror registry for Red Hat OpenShift · updated 2026-09-09 · [vex](https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-32590.json)