What is CVE-2020-27832?

CVE-2020-27832 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Quay, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 9.0/10. Published 2021-05-27.

How severe is CVE-2020-27832?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.0 out of 10.

XSS in Red Hat Quay

CVE-2020-27832

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.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.009 (57.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.0 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Redhat Quay
N/a Quay — versions quay 3.3.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-27832?: CVE-2020-27832 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Quay, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 9.0/10. Published 2021-05-27.
How severe is CVE-2020-27832?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.0 out of 10.