CVE-2023-28432
Minio Information Disclosure in Cluster Deployment
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.5 High
- Published
- Mar 22, 2023
- Updated
- Oct 21, 2025
- Reserved
- Mar 15, 2023
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.5 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N | GitHub_M |
Weaknesses
- CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
miniominio |
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References
- https://github.com/minio/minio/security/advisories/GHSA-6xvq-wj2x-3h3q
- https://github.com/minio/minio/releases/tag/RELEASE.2023-03-20T20-16-18Z
- 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://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-28432government-resource
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