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TI-2023-12976 Aliases CVE-2023-28432

Minio Information Disclosure in Cluster Deployment

Priority CRITICAL 90Exploited in the wildCWE-200Published · Updated

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-200.

Summary

Minio is a Multi-Cloud Object Storage framework. In a cluster deployment starting with RELEASE.2019-12-17T23-16-33Z and prior to RELEASE.2023-03-20T20-16-18Z, MinIO returns all environment variables, including `MINIO_SECRET_KEY` and `MINIO_ROOT_PASSWORD`, resulting in information disclosure. All users of distributed deployment are impacted. All users are advised to upgrade to RELEASE.2023-03-20T20-16-18Z.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Active In CISA KEV since 2023-04-21CISA due date 2023-05-12
EPSS 0.83957 99th 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
Active
Automatable
Yes
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.2019-12-17T23-16-33Z, < RELEASE.2023-03-20T20-16-18Z—No fix listedCNA
  • minio VendorMinIO Affected >= RELEASE.2019-12-17T23-16-33Z, < RELEASE.2023-03-20T20-16-18Z Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:minio:minio:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2019-12-17t23-16-33z to before 2023-03-20t20-16-18zVulnerableMinIO
  • cpe:2.3:a:minio:minio:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2019-12-17t23-16-33z to before 2023-03-20t20-16-18z Vulnerable ·MinIO

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2023-04-21 Added to CISA KEV
  2. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-28432

References

Exploit 1

Advisory 3

Other 1

  • TI-2023-12978 MinIO is vulnerable to privilege escalation on Linux/MacOS KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • 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
  • TI-2022-16346 Authenticated requests for server update admin API allows path traversal in minio CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.4
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Sources

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