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TI-2023-12299 Aliases CVE-2023-27589

Minio vulnerable to denial of access by an admin privileged user for root credential

Priority LOW 31CWE-269Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Privilege escalation
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-269.

Summary

Minio is a Multi-Cloud Object Storage framework. Starting with RELEASE.2020-12-23T02-24-12Z and prior to RELEASE.2023-03-13T19-46-17Z, a user with `consoleAdmin` permissions can potentially create a user that matches the root credential `accessKey`. Once this user is created successfully, the root credential ceases to work appropriately. The issue is patched in RELEASE.2023-03-13T19-46-17Z. There are ways to work around this via adding higher privileges to the disabled root user via `mc admin policy set`.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00898 59th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
MinIOminio>= RELEASE.2020-12-23T02-24-12Z, < RELEASE.2023-03-13T19-46-17Z—No fix listedCNA
  • minio VendorMinIO Affected >= RELEASE.2020-12-23T02-24-12Z, < RELEASE.2023-03-13T19-46-17Z Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:minio:minio:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2020-12-23t02-24-12z to before 2023-03-13t19-46-17zVulnerableMinIO
  • cpe:2.3:a:minio:minio:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2020-12-23t02-24-12z to before 2023-03-13t19-46-17z Vulnerable ·MinIO

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-27589

References

Exploit 1

Advisory 1

  • TI-2023-12978 MinIO is vulnerable to privilege escalation on Linux/MacOS KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2023-12976 Minio Information Disclosure in Cluster Deployment KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2023-11082 Allowed DELETE on resources on object locked buckets under Governance mode in Minio CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2024-16264 MinIO unsafe default: Access keys inherit `admin` of root user, allowing privilege escalation CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2022-08654 Improper Privilege Management in MinIO CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2022-13073 Possible DDOS by establishing keep-alive connections with anonymous HTTP clients in MinIO CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
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Sources

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