# CVE-2019-10205: Information disclosure in quay

> Attackers with database access can read plaintext robot tokens to compromise container images in Red Hat Quay.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.0 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 2 Jan 2020
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hc7v-pwgp-8mp6

## What is CVE-2019-10205?

CVE-2019-10205 is a medium-severity vulnerability in RED HAT quay, published on 2 Jan 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A flaw was found in the way Red Hat Quay stores robot account tokens in plain text. An attacker able to perform database queries in the Red Hat Quay database could use the tokens to read or write container images stored in the registry.

Weakness: CWE-522 (Insufficiently Protected Credentials)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-10205?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Redhat Quay.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-10205?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-10205 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2019-10205 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-10205 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in RED HAT quay

- [CVE-2020-27832](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-27832/): Cross-site scripting in quay (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2025-4374](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-4374/): Quay: incorrect privilege assignment (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2023-4956](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-4956/): Quay: clickjacking on config-editor page severity (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2023-4959](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-4959/): Quay: cross-site request forgery (csrf) on config-editor page (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2026-6848](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-6848/): Quay: red hat quay: authentication bypass allows privileged actions without valid credentials (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-10205 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-10205 is a medium-severity vulnerability in RED HAT quay, published on 2 Jan 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-10205 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: RED HAT quay. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-10205/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-10205/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-10205
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-10205
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-10205

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-10205/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.