CVE-2023-28433 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Minio is a Multi-Cloud Object Storage framework. All users on Windows prior to version RELEASE.2023-03-20T20-16-18Z are impacted. MinIO fails to filter the `\` character, which allows for arbitrary object placement across buckets. As a result, a user with low privileges, such as an access key, service account, or STS credential, which only has permission to `PutObject` in a specific bucket, can create an admin user. This issue is patched in RELEASE.2023-03-20T20-16-18Z. There are no known workarounds.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Minio	Minio

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:minio:minio:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/minio/minio/commit/8d6558b23649f613414c8527b58973fbdfa4d1b8
https://github.com/minio/minio/commit/b3c54ec81e0a06392abfb3a1ffcdc80c6fbf6ebc
https://github.com/minio/minio/releases/tag/RELEASE.2023-03-20T20-16-18Z
https://github.com/minio/minio/security/advisories/GHSA-w23q-4hw3-2pp6

History

Tue, 04 Mar 2025 03:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2023-03-22T20:33:43.452Z

Updated: 2025-02-25T14:51:18.769Z

Reserved: 2023-03-15T15:59:10.052Z

Link: CVE-2023-28433

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T12:38:25.491Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-03-22T21:15:18.340

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:55:03.410

Link: CVE-2023-28433

Redhat

No data.

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