9.3

CVE-2020-11012: Authentication bypass MinIO Admin API

Modified
AliasesCGA-2wf2-4r92-qfrgCGA-3h7p-99vg-xm9xCGA-78xh-wr6f-f523
Published 23-04-2020Last modified 04-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2020-11012 is a critical (CVSS 9.3) vulnerability in minio. EPSS estimates a 1.87% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.3/10
010
Critical · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
1.87%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 0 · Related 2
CGA-846X-44XP-J5V4CGA-Q6H3-C3C6-JJJR

Timeline

  1. 23-04-2020
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

MinIO versions before RELEASE.2020-04-23T00-58-49Z have an authentication bypass issue in the MinIO admin API. Given an admin access key, it is possible to perform admin API operations i.e. creating new service accounts for existing access keys - without knowing the admin secret key. This has been fixed and released in version RELEASE.2020-04-23T00-58-49Z.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.87%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

79%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 1.87% on 23-09-2026

23-09-202623-10-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected 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< RELEASE.2020-04-23T00-58-49Z | < 2020-04-23t00-58-49z

3 vendors · 5 products

References

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