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CVE-2021-43858

User privilege escalation in MinIO

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in RELEASE.2021-12-27T07-23-18Z
2 proofs of concept on GitHub

Summary

MinIO is a Kubernetes native application for cloud storage. Prior to version `RELEASE.2021-12-27T07-23-18Z`, a malicious client can hand-craft an HTTP API call that allows for updating policy for a user and gaining higher privileges. The patch in version `RELEASE.2021-12-27T07-23-18Z` changes the accepted request body type and removes the ability to apply policy changes through this API. There is a workaround for this vulnerability: Changing passwords can be disabled by adding an explicit `Deny` rule to disable the API for users.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. Record last updated
  3. EPSS reached 10%

    FIRST estimates at least a 10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Affected versions

  • minio minio

    fixed in RELEASE.2021-12-27T07-23-18Z

References 7

GitHub · minio/minio

GitHub · 0rx1/cve-2021-43858

GitHub · khuntor/CVE-2021-43858-MinIO