CVE-2022-35919

Authenticated requests for server update admin API allows path traversal in minio

7.4 HighPublic exploit

MinIO is a High Performance Object Storage released under GNU Affero General Public License v3.0. In affected versions all 'admin' users authorized for admin:ServerUpdate can selectively trigger an error that in response, returns the content of the path requested. Any normal OS system would allow access to contents at any arbitrary paths that are readable by MinIO process. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade may disable ServerUpdate API by denying the admin:ServerUpdate action for your admin users via IAM policies.

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: Low
Integrity: Low
Availability: Low

Exploit likelihood

52.1%Up 51.3 points since Aug 2, 2022

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 7.4

Authenticated requests for server update admin API allows path traversal in minio

Record: CVE-2022-35919
CVSS 3.1: 7.4 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Weakness: CWE-22
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2022-38786 7.4

Record: EUVD-2022-38786
CVSS 3.1: 7.4 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD 7.4

Record: CVE-2022-35919
CVSS 3.1: 7.4 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
CVSS 3.1: 2.7 LowCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Weakness: CWE-22
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSV 7.4

Authenticated requests for server update admin API allows path traversal in minio

Record: CVE-2022-35919
CVSS 3.1: 7.4 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Weakness: CWE-22
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

minio

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
Source	Link	Date
Exploit-DB	Minio 2022-07-29T19-40-48Z - Path traversal	2023-10-09
PoC in GitHub	ifulxploit/Minio-Security-Vulnerability-Checker	2024-01-13

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, EUVD, Exploit-DB, NVD, OSV, PoC in GitHub

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2022-35919 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.4) in Minio, published August 1, 2022. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 52.1%, the 98th percentile. No source names a fixed version.