MinIO performs incomplete signature validation for unsigned-trailer uploads
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-347.
Summary
MinIO is a High Performance Object Storage released under GNU Affero General Public License v3.0. The signature component of the authorization may be invalid, which would mean that as a client you can use any arbitrary secret to upload objects given the user already has prior WRITE permissions on the bucket. Prior knowledge of access-key, and bucket name this user might have access to - and an access-key with a WRITE permissions is necessary. However with relevant information in place, uploading random objects to buckets is trivial and easy via curl. This issue is fixed in RELEASE.2025-04-03T14-56-28Z.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- 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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MinIO | minio | < RELEASE.2025-04-03T14-56-28Z | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | github.com/minio/minio (Go) | before 0.0.0-20250403145552-8c70975283f9 | 0.0.0-20250403145552-8c70975283f9 | Patch available | GHSA-wg47-6jq2-q2hh |
- minio VendorMinIO Affected < RELEASE.2025-04-03T14-56-28Z Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- github.com/minio/minio (Go) Vendor— Affected before 0.0.0-20250403145552-8c70975283f9 Fixed in 0.0.0-20250403145552-8c70975283f9 Patch available GHSA-wg47-6jq2-q2hh
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-wg47-6jq2-q2hh github.com/minio/minio (Go) Fixed in 0.0.0-20250403145552-8c70975283f9 Advisory →
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 2 products
- Network Observability Operator
- Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-31489
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wg47-6jq2-q2hh
References
More MinIO vulnerabilities
- 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
Sources
- CVE-2025-31489 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-31489 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-wg47-6jq2-q2hh · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2025-31489 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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