CVE-2024-55949 - CVE House

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Status published Critical CVE-2024-55949

Privilege escalation in IAM import API in MinIO

9.3 CVSS

Vulnerability 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.

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.

References

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Affected Vendor

minio

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Affected Software

minio

Vulnerable Versions:

>= RELEASE.2022-06-25T15-50-16Z, < RELEASE.2024-12-13T22-19-12Z

Timeline

Official Publish: December 16th, 2024

Last Modified: December 16th, 2024

Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1078 Valid Accounts

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