# CVE-2024-24747: MinIO unsafe default: Access keys inherit \`admin\` of root user, allowing privilege escalation

- Also known as: GHSA-XX8W-MQ23-29G4, GO-2024-2499
- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB
- Fixed in: RELEASE.2024-01-31T20-20-33Z, 0.0.0-20240131185645-0ae4915a9391
- Published: 2024-01-31 · Updated: 2024-08-01

## Affected

- minio: fixed in RELEASE.2024-01-31T20-20-33Z
- github.com/minio/minio (Go): fixed in 0.0.0-20240131185645-0ae4915a9391

## Description

MinIO is a High Performance Object Storage. When someone creates an access key, it inherits the permissions of the parent key. Not only for `s3:*` actions, but also `admin:*` actions. Which means unless somewhere above in the access-key hierarchy, the `admin` rights are denied, access keys will be able to simply override their own `s3` permissions to something more permissive. The vulnerability is fixed in RELEASE.2024-01-31T20-20-33Z.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on minio, github.com/minio/minio, upgrade to a fixed version (RELEASE.2024-01-31T20-20-33Z, 0.0.0-20240131185645-0ae4915a9391) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/minio/minio/security/advisories/GHSA-xx8w-mq23-29g4
- https://github.com/minio/minio/commit/0ae4915a9391ef4b3ec80f5fcdcf24ee6884e776
- https://github.com/minio/minio/releases/tag/RELEASE.2024-01-31T20-20-33Z
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51976

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