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TI-2024-16264 Aliases CVE-2024-24747GHSA-xx8w-mq23-29g4

MinIO unsafe default: Access keys inherit `admin` of root user, allowing privilege escalation

Priority HIGH 73CWE-269Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Privilege escalation
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

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

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.34086 98th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed github.com/minio/minio (Go): 0.0.0-20240131185645-0ae4915a9391

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

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.2024-01-31T20-20-33Z—No fix listedCNA
—github.com/minio/minio (Go)before 0.0.0-20240131185645-0ae4915a93910.0.0-20240131185645-0ae4915a9391Patch availableGHSA-xx8w-mq23-29g4
  • minio VendorMinIO Affected < RELEASE.2024-01-31T20-20-33Z Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • github.com/minio/minio (Go) Vendor— Affected before 0.0.0-20240131185645-0ae4915a9391 Fixed in 0.0.0-20240131185645-0ae4915a9391 Patch available GHSA-xx8w-mq23-29g4

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:minio:minio:2024-01-31t20-20-33z:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2024-01-31t20-20-33zVulnerableMinIO
  • cpe:2.3:a:minio:minio:2024-01-31t20-20-33z:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2024-01-31t20-20-33z Vulnerable ·MinIO

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-xx8w-mq23-29g4 github.com/minio/minio (Go) Fixed in 0.0.0-20240131185645-0ae4915a9391 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-24747
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xx8w-mq23-29g4

References

Exploit 1

Patch 2

Advisory 1

Other 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-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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