CVE-2023-28434 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2023-28434

MinIO is vulnerable to privilege escalation on Linux/MacOS

Vulnerability Description

Minio is a Multi-Cloud Object Storage framework. Prior to RELEASE.2023-03-20T20-16-18Z, an attacker can use crafted requests to bypass metadata bucket name checking and put an object into any bucket while processing `PostPolicyBucket`. To carry out this attack, the attacker requires credentials with `arn:aws:s3:::*` permission, as well as enabled Console API access. This issue has been patched in RELEASE.2023-03-20T20-16-18Z. As a workaround, enable browser API access and turn off `MINIO_BROWSER=off`.

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

Affected Software

minio
Vulnerable Versions:
< RELEASE.2023-03-20T20-16-18Z

Timeline

Official Publish: March 22nd, 2023
Last Modified: October 21st, 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)

CWE-269

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1078 Valid Accounts
Persistence
T1098 Account Manipulation
Privilege Escalation
T1548 Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism
Privilege Escalation
T1222 File and Directory Permissions Modification
Defense Evasion
T1134 Access Token Manipulation
Defense Evasion