Vulnerability · Published Dec 16, 2024 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2024-55949Privilege escalation in IAM import API in MinIO

Critical 9.3

In plain English

A critical-severity privilege mismanagement in minio from minio. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 49% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 4.0)9.3Critical

Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 50.7% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

MinIO is a high-performance, S3 compatible object store, open sourced under GNU AGPLv3 license. Minio is subject to a privilege escalation in IAM import API, all users are impacted since MinIO commit `580d9db85e04f1b63cc2909af50f0ed08afa965f`. This issue has been addressed in commit `f246c9053f9603e610d98439799bdd2a6b293427` which is included in RELEASE.2024-12-13T22-19-12Z. There are no workarounds possible, all users are advised to upgrade immediately.

Affected packages & fixed versions

Ecosystem	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
Go	github.com/minio/minio	0.0.0-20241213221912-68b004a48f41	GHSA-cwq8-g58r-32hg
Go	github.com/minio/minio	0.0.0-20241213221912-68b004a48f41	GO-2024-3336

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
minio	minio	>= RELEASE.2022-06-25T15-50-16Z, < RELEASE.2024-12-13T22-19-12Z

Weakness: CWE-269 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

References

https://github.com/minio/minio/security/advisories/GHSA-cwq8-g58r-32hg x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/minio/minio/pull/20756 x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/minio/minio/commit/580d9db85e04f1b63cc2909af50f0ed08afa965f x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/minio/minio/commit/f246c9053f9603e610d98439799bdd2a6b293427 x_refsource_MISC