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CVE-2023-28432

7.5 HIGH Known exploited Published 2023-03-22 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

MinIO Information Disclosure Vulnerability — MinIO MinIO

MinIO contains a vulnerability in a cluster deployment where MinIO returns all environment variables, which allows for information disclosure.

Added to KEV: 2023-04-21
Remediation due: 2023-05-12
Ransomware use: Unknown
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Notes: https://github.com/minio/minio/security/advisories/GHSA-6xvq-wj2x-3h3q; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-28432

Status: Analyzed
Published: 2023-03-22
Last modified: 2026-06-17
Assigner: [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected]): 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected]): 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses: CWE-200

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.

Affected configurations

• minio minio (>= 2019-12-17t23-16-33z < 2023-03-20t20-16-18z)

Weakness · CWE (1)

CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness

References