6.9

CVE-2025-32963: minio operator Insufficiently Protected Credentials

CVSS: 6.9v4.0MediumDeferred
AliasesGHSA-7m6v-q233-q9j9GO-2025-3637
Published 22-04-2025Last modified 23-01-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-32963 is a medium (CVSS 6.9) Insufficiently Protected Credentials vulnerability in minio operator. EPSS estimates a 0.62% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 48.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
28/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.9/10
010
Medium · v4.0 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.62%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1
OPENSUSE-SU-2025:15017-1

Timeline

  1. 22-04-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 23-01-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

MinIO Operator STS is a native IAM Authentication for Kubernetes. Prior to version 7.1.0, if no audiences are provided for the `spec.audiences` field, the default will be of the Kubernetes apiserver. Without scoping, it can be replayed to other internal systems, which may unintentionally trust it. This issue has been patched in version 7.1.0.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.62%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

49%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.62% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.62%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Github.com/minio1 product
  • operator< 7.1.0 | All versions (No fix recorded)
Minio1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

References

5 links