# CVE-2024-9683: Quay: quay allows successful authentication with trucated version of the password

> Attackers can authenticate using truncated passwords, weakening security and facilitating brute-force attacks against Red Hat Quay.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 17 Oct 2024
- **Updated:** 7 Nov 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-cj3p-4jrq-mg7x

## What is CVE-2024-9683?

CVE-2024-9683 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Red Hat Quay 3, published on 17 Oct 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability was found in Quay, which allows successful authentication even when a truncated password version is provided. This flaw affects the authentication mechanism, reducing the overall security of password enforcement.  While the risk is relatively low due to the typical length of the passwords used (73 characters), this vulnerability can still be exploited to reduce the complexity of brute-force or password-guessing attacks. The truncation of passwords weakens the overall authentication process, thereby reducing the effectiveness of password policies and potentially increasing the risk of unauthorized access in the future.

Weakness: CWE-287 (Improper Authentication), CWE-305 (Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-9683?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Redhat Quay.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-9683?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-9683 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-9683 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-9683 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Red Hat Quay 3

- [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-2019-10205](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-10205/): Information disclosure in quay (medium 6.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-9683 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-9683 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Red Hat Quay 3, published on 17 Oct 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-9683 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Red Hat Quay 3. 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-2024-9683/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9683/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-9683
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9683
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-9683

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9683/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.