CVE-2023-28433 - CVE House

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Status published High CVE-2023-28433

Minio Privilege Escalation on Windows via Path separator manipulation

8.8 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

minio

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Affected Software

minio

Vulnerable Versions:

< RELEASE.2023-03-20T20-16-18Z

Timeline

Official Publish: March 22nd, 2023

Last Modified: February 25th, 2025

Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application

T1213 Data from Information Repositories

T1005 Data from Local System

T1078 Valid Accounts