Stored script execution via unvalidated image labels
Published Jul 24, 2023 · Updated Aug 6, 2026
Stored XSS in Red Hat Quay allows remote authenticated users to run script in another user’s browser through a malicious image label. Quay applies the validation.py label regex to UI and backend input but omits that validation when importing labels from container images. The attacker must publish a crafted image to a public registry, and execution requires another user to view its label in the Quay interface.
Summary
What happened
Stored XSS in Red Hat Quay allows remote authenticated users to run script in another user’s browser through a malicious image label. Quay applies the validation.py label regex to UI and backend input but omits that validation when importing labels from container images. The attacker must publish a crafted image to a public registry, and execution requires another user to view its label in the Quay interface.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-3384
- Published
- Jul 24, 2023
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2026
- Vendor
- 389 Directory Server
- Product
- Red Hat Quay
- Classifications
- CWE-79, T1189
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Jul 24, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 6, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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