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High · 8.8 Known exploited Public exploit CVE-2023-28434 EUVD-2023-2395GHSA-2pxw-r47w-4p8c

MinIO is vulnerable to privilege escalation on Linux/MacOS

Published Mar 22, 2023 · Updated Oct 21, 2025 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Minio is a Multi-Cloud Object Storage framework. Prior to RELEASE.2023-03-20T20-16-18Z, an attacker can use crafted requests to bypass metadata bucket name checking and put an object into any bucket while processing `PostPolicyBucket`. To carry out this attack, the attacker requires credentials with `arn:aws:s3:::*` permission, as well as enabled Console API access. This issue has been patched in RELEASE.2023-03-20T20-16-18Z. As a workaround, enable browser API access and turn off `MINIO_BROWSER=off`.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
minio minio < RELEASE.2023-03-20T20-16-18Z —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Wolfi

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Wolfi rolling minio +1 0.20230413.030807-r0 —

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.

GitHub 1 repository

  • AbelChe/evil_minio ★ 319 · Mar 27, 2023

    EXP for CVE-2023-28434 MinIO unauthorized to RCE

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Go github.com/minio/minio < 0.0.0-202303200415 0.0.0-202303200415 GHSA-2pxw-r47w-4p8c

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