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TI-2024-36990 Aliases CVE-2024-55949GHSA-cwq8-g58r-32hg

Privilege escalation in IAM import API in MinIO

Priority MEDIUM 43CWE-269Published · Updated

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-269.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00608 49th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed github.com/minio/minio (Go): 0.0.0-20241213221912-68b004a48f41

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
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.2022-06-25T15-50-16Z, < RELEASE.2024-12-13T22-19-12Z—No fix listedCNA
—github.com/minio/minio (Go)0.0.0-20220623162515-580d9db85e04 to before 0.0.0-20241213221912-68b004a48f410.0.0-20241213221912-68b004a48f41Patch availableGHSA-cwq8-g58r-32hg
  • minio VendorMinIO Affected >= RELEASE.2022-06-25T15-50-16Z, < RELEASE.2024-12-13T22-19-12Z Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • github.com/minio/minio (Go) Vendor— Affected 0.0.0-20220623162515-580d9db85e04 to before 0.0.0-20241213221912-68b004a48f41 Fixed in 0.0.0-20241213221912-68b004a48f41 Patch available GHSA-cwq8-g58r-32hg

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:minio:minio:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——MinIO
  • cpe:2.3:a:minio:minio:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·MinIO

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-cwq8-g58r-32hg github.com/minio/minio (Go) Fixed in 0.0.0-20241213221912-68b004a48f41 Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 10 products
  • Logging Subsystem for Red Hat OpenShift
  • OpenShift API for Data Protection
  • Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2
  • Red Hat Ceph Storage 6
  • Red Hat Ceph Storage 7
  • Red Hat Ceph Storage 8
  • Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI)
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
  • Red Hat OpenShift Data Science (RHODS)
  • Red Hat Quay 3

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-55949
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-cwq8-g58r-32hg
  3. 2026-10-25 EPSS moved to the below the 50th percentile

References

Advisory 1

Other 5

  • 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-2021-18098 Authentication bypass issue in the Operator Console CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
See all 32 →

Sources

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