CVE-2018-1000538: minio
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2018-1000538 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in minio. EPSS estimates a 1.51% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 74% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 0 · Related 2Timeline
- 26-06-2018PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 05-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Minio Inc. Minio S3 server version prior to RELEASE.2018-05-16T23-35-33Z contains a Allocation of Memory Without Limits or Throttling (similar to CWE-774) vulnerability in write-to-RAM that can result in Denial of Service. This attack appear to be exploitable via Sending V4-(pre)signed requests with large bodies . This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in after commit 9c8b7306f55f2c8c0a5c7cea9a8db9d34be8faa7.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions- OSV · WolfiEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · ChainguardEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
1.51%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
74%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 1.51% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Chainguard2 products
- minioAll versions (No fix recorded)
- minio-iamguarded-2025-compatAll versions (No fix recorded)
Wolfi2 products
- minioAll versions (No fix recorded)
- minio-iamguarded-2025-compatAll versions (No fix recorded)
Minio1 product
- minio< 2018-05-16t23-35-33z
3 vendors · 5 products
References
2 links- github.com/minio/minio/commit/9c8b7306f55f2c8c0a5c7cea9a8db9d34be8faa7X Refsource MISCPatchThird Party AdvisoryFIX