CVE-2023-28432
Published 2023-03-22 · Updated 2026-06-17 · Source security-advisories@github.com
Summary
CVE-2023-28432 is a high-severity (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in MinIO MinIO. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on April 21, 2023, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed; US federal agencies had to remediate it by May 12, 2023. CISA does not currently list it as used in ransomware campaigns. MinIO has 2 vulnerabilities in the KEV catalog, 0 of them linked to ransomware.
All 2 known-exploited MinIO vulnerabilities →Description
Minio is a Multi-Cloud Object Storage framework. In a cluster deployment starting with RELEASE.2019-12-17T23-16-33Z and prior to RELEASE.2023-03-20T20-16-18Z, MinIO returns all environment variables, including `MINIO_SECRET_KEY` and `MINIO_ROOT_PASSWORD`, resulting in information disclosure. All users of distributed deployment are impacted. All users are advised to upgrade to RELEASE.2023-03-20T20-16-18Z.
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CISA Known-Exploited Vulnerability
Product: MinIO — MinIO
Name: MinIO Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Date added: 2023-04-21 · Due: 2023-05-12
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
References
- https://github.com/minio/minio/releases/tag/RELEASE.2023-03-20T20-16-18Z
- https://github.com/minio/minio/security/advisories/GHSA-6xvq-wj2x-3h3q
- https://twitter.com/Andrew___Morris/status/1639325397241278464
- https://viz.greynoise.io/tag/minio-information-disclosure-attempt
- https://www.greynoise.io/blog/openai-minio-and-why-you-should-always-use-docker-cli-scan-to-keep-your-supply-chain-clean
- https://github.com/minio/minio/releases/tag/RELEASE.2023-03-20T20-16-18Z
- https://github.com/minio/minio/security/advisories/GHSA-6xvq-wj2x-3h3q
- https://twitter.com/Andrew___Morris/status/1639325397241278464

