9.3

CVE-2024-55949: Privilege escalation in IAM import API in MinIO

Deferred
AliasesGHSA-cwq8-g58r-32hgGO-2024-3336
Published 16-12-2024Last modified 16-12-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-55949 is a critical (CVSS 9.3) Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in minio. EPSS estimates a 0.71% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 53% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.3/10
010
Critical · v4.0 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.71%
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 1 · Related 1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14603-1

Timeline

  1. 16-12-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 16-12-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

MinIO is a high-performance, S3 compatible object store, open sourced under GNU AGPLv3 license. Minio is subject to a privilege escalation in IAM import API, all users are impacted since MinIO commit `580d9db85e04f1b63cc2909af50f0ed08afa965f`. This issue has been addressed in commit `f246c9053f9603e610d98439799bdd2a6b293427` which is included in RELEASE.2024-12-13T22-19-12Z. There are no workarounds possible, all users are advised to upgrade immediately.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.71%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

53%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.71% on 22-09-2026

22-09-202622-10-2026

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

Github.com/minio1 product
  • minio≥ 0.0.0-20220623162515-580d9db85e04, < 0.0.0-20241213221912-68b004a48f41
Minio1 product
  • minio≥ RELEASE.2022-06-25T15-50-16Z, < RELEASE.2024-12-13T22-19-12Z

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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