Red Hat Quay quay-builder-qemu behavioral workflow

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6.3$5k-$25k0.43

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Red Hat Quay. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component quay-builder-qemu. Such manipulation leads to behavioral workflow. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-85469. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Red Hat Quay (version now known). Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component quay-builder-qemu. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a behavioral workflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-841. The product supports a session in which more than one behavior must be performed by an actor, but it does not properly ensure that the actor performs the behaviors in the required sequence. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A flaw was found in quay-builder-qemu. A remote attacker could exploit this by compromising the upstream `Noelware/docker-manifest-action` used in the release workflow, which is pinned to a mutable branch. This allows the attacker to inject arbitrary code, leading to the exfiltration of sensitive registry credentials or the publication of malicious images. The workflow also exposes the default GitHub token, increasing the severity of the compromise.

The advisory is shared for download at access.redhat.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-85469 since 09/03/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are needed for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 09/16/2026).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.3

VulDB Base Score: 4.7
VulDB Temp Score: 4.7
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CNA Base Score: 8.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Behavioral workflow
CWE: CWE-841 / CWE-840
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

09/03/2026 CVE reserved
09/16/2026 +13 days Advisory disclosed
09/16/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
09/16/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: access.redhat.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2026-85469 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-85469
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-406244

Entryinfo

Created: 09/16/2026 23:51
Changes: 09/16/2026 23:51 (60)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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