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Medium · 5.7 CVE-2026-22042 EUVD-2026-1472GHSA-vcwh-pff9-64cc

RustFS has IAM Incorrect Authorization in ImportIam that Allows Privilege Escalation

Published Jan 8, 2026 · Updated Jan 8, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

RustFS is a distributed object storage system built in Rust. Prior to version 1.0.0-alpha.79, he `ImportIam` admin API validates permissions using `ExportIAMAction` instead of `ImportIAMAction`, allowing a principal with export-only IAM permissions to perform import operations. Since importing IAM data performs privileged write actions (creating/updating users, groups, policies, and service accounts), this can lead to unauthorized IAM modification and privilege escalation. Version 1.0.0-alpha.79 fixes the issue.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
rustfs rustfs < 1.0.0-alpha.79 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
crates.io rustfs < 1.0.0-alpha.79 1.0.0-alpha.79 GHSA-vcwh-pff9-64cc

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