CVE-2021-41137
Bypassing policy restrictions on regular users
Minio is a Kubernetes native application for cloud storage. All users on release RELEASE.2021-10-10T16-53-30Z are affected by a vulnerability that involves bypassing policy restrictions on regular users. Normally, checkKeyValid() should return owner true for rootCreds. In the affected version, policy restriction did not work properly for users who did not have service (svc) or security token service (STS) accounts. This issue is fixed in RELEASE.2021-10-13T00-23-17Z. A downgrade back to release RELEASE.2021-10-08T23-58-24Z is available as a workaround.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Bypassing policy restrictions on regular users
Minio is a Kubernetes native application for cloud storage. All users on release RELEASE.2021-10-10T16-53-30Z are affected by a vulnerability that involves bypassing policy restrictions on regular users. Normally, checkKeyValid() should return owner true for rootCreds. In the affected version, policy restriction did not work properly for users who did not have service (svc) or security token service (STS) accounts. This issue is fixed in RELEASE.2021-10-13T00-23-17Z. A downgrade back to release RELEASE.2021-10-08T23-58-24Z is available as a workaround.
- Record
CVE-2021-41137- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-285
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-28255
Minio is a Kubernetes native application for cloud storage. All users on release RELEASE.2021-10-10T16-53-30Z are affected by a vulnerability that involves bypassing policy restrictions on regular users. Normally, checkKeyValid() should return owner true for rootCreds. In the affected version, policy restriction did not work properly for users who did not have service (svc) or security token service (STS) accounts. This issue is fixed in RELEASE.2021-10-13T00-23-17Z. A downgrade back to release RELEASE.2021-10-08T23-58-24Z is available as a workaround.
- Record
EUVD-2021-28255- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
NVD
Minio is a Kubernetes native application for cloud storage. All users on release RELEASE.2021-10-10T16-53-30Z are affected by a vulnerability that involves bypassing policy restrictions on regular users. Normally, checkKeyValid() should return owner true for rootCreds. In the affected version, policy restriction did not work properly for users who did not have service (svc) or security token service (STS) accounts. This issue is fixed in RELEASE.2021-10-13T00-23-17Z. A downgrade back to release RELEASE.2021-10-08T23-58-24Z is available as a workaround.
- Record
CVE-2021-41137- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.5 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-285
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Minio is a Kubernetes native application for cloud storage. All users on release RELEASE.2021-10-10T16-53-30Z are affected by a vulnerability that involves bypassing policy restrictions on regular users. Normally, checkKeyValid() should return owner true for rootCreds. In the affected version, policy restriction did not work properly for users who did not have service (svc) or security token service (STS) accounts. This issue is fixed in RELEASE.2021-10-13T00-23-17Z. A downgrade back to release RELEASE.2021-10-08T23-58-24Z is available as a workaround.
- Record
CVE-2021-41137- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-41137 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Minio, published October 13, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.29%, the 70th percentile. No source names a fixed version.