MinIO up to RELEASE.2024-05-27T19-17-46Z IAM import API privileges management

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A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in MinIO. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component IAM import API. This manipulation causes privileges management. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-55949. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in MinIO. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component IAM import API. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-55949 since 12/13/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version RELEASE.2024-12-13T22-19-12Z eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 580d9db85e04f1b63cc2909af50f0ed08afa965f is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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Name

• MinIO

Version

• 0.12.3
• 2021-01-30T00-20-58Z
• 2021-03-17T02-33-02Z
• 2021-10-10T16-53-30Z
• 2021-10-13T00-23-17Z
• 2022-04-12T06-55-35Z
• 2023-03-20T20-16-18Z
• <=0.12.2
• <=2022-06-02T02-11-04Z
• RELEASE.2020-04-23T00-58-49Z
• RELEASE.2021-03-04T00-53-13Z
• RELEASE.2021-12-27T07-23-18Z
• RELEASE.2024-01-31T20-20-33Z
• RELEASE.2024-05-27T19-17-46Z

License

• open-source

Website

• Product: https://github.com/minio/minio/

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