What is CVE-2025-4374?

CVE-2025-4374 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Project Quay, classified under Incorrect Privilege Assignment. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2025-05-06.

How severe is CVE-2025-4374?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in Project Quay

CVE-2025-4374

A flaw was found in Quay. When an organization acts as a proxy cache, and a user or robot pulls an image that hasn't been mirrored yet, they are granted "Admin" permissions on the newly created repository.

EPSS: 0.002 (11.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Project Quay — versions 0, 2.14.0, 3.12.0
Red Hat Quay 3
Redhat Quay

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-266 — Incorrect Privilege Assignment

References

secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, issue-tracking, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-4374?: CVE-2025-4374 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Project Quay, classified under Incorrect Privilege Assignment. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2025-05-06.
How severe is CVE-2025-4374?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.