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TI-2026-40303 Aliases CVE-2026-55838

RustFS: Missing admin authorization on /rustfs/admin/v3/metrics allows any authenticated user to read server metrics

Priority MEDIUM 53CWE-862Published · Updated

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.

Summary

RustFS is a distributed object storage system built in Rust. In 1.0.0-beta.7 and earlier, the real-time metrics endpoint at /rustfs/admin/v3/metrics is accessible to any valid IAM user regardless of their assigned policy. Every other admin handler in the codebase calls validate_admin_request to enforce admin-action IAM checks; the MetricsHandler skips this call entirely. A restricted IAM user whose policy grants only access to their own bucket can read server-wide operational metrics including disk I/O statistics, network throughput, scanner cycle timing, and cluster RPC state.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0027 19th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
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
rustfsrustfsup to 1.0.0-beta.7—No fix listedCNA
  • rustfs Vendorrustfs Affected up to 1.0.0-beta.7 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

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

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:rustfs:rustfs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——rustfs
  • cpe:2.3:a:rustfs:rustfs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·rustfs

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-55838

References

Other 1

  • TI-2025-42382 RustFS has a gRPC Hardcoded Token Authentication Bypass CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-32895 RustFS: Authentication bypass in /profile/cpu and /profile/memory allows unauthenticated access to profiling handlers CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2026-32892 RustFS: Hard-coded RSA private key in license verifier permits arbitrary license forgery CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
  • TI-2025-42176 RustFS Path Traversal Vulnerability CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2026-36822 RustFS Snowball Auto-Extract: Path Traversal allows cross-bucket object injection CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
  • TI-2026-32894 RustFS: ImportIam Allows Creation of Backdoor Service Accounts Under Any Parent Including Root CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
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Sources

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