{"id":"CVE-2020-11012","aliases":["ALPINE-CVE-2020-11012","EUVD-2020-3402","GHSA-xv4r-vccv-mg4w"],"status":"published","title":"Authentication bypass MinIO Admin API","description":"MinIO versions before RELEASE.2020-04-23T00-58-49Z have an authentication bypass issue in the MinIO admin API. Given an admin access key, it is possible to perform admin API operations i.e. creating new service accounts for existing access keys - without knowing the admin secret key. 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Given an admin access key, it is possible to perform admin API operations i.e. creating new service accounts for existing access keys - without knowing the admin secret key. This has been fixed and released in version RELEASE.2020-04-23T00-58-49Z.","status":"published","published":"2020-04-23T21:55:14Z","modified":"2024-08-04T11:21:14.522Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":9.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N","level":"critical","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-305"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:35:57.352161Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2020-3402","description":"MinIO versions before RELEASE.2020-04-23T00-58-49Z have an authentication bypass issue in the MinIO admin API. Given an admin access key, it is possible to perform admin API operations i.e. creating new service accounts for existing access keys - without knowing the admin secret key. 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This security issue was found during a regular internal security audit. \n\n### Patches\nThis issue was fixed by @vadmeste in PR https://github.com/minio/minio/pull/9422 \n\n### Binary Download\nPlease download the latest server binary that contains the fix from\n\n| Platform    | Architecture | URL                                                       |\n| ----------  | --------     | ------                                                    |\n| Apple macOS | 64-bit Intel | https://dl.min.io/server/minio/release/darwin-amd64/minio |\n| GNU/Linux  | 64-bit Intel | https://dl.min.io/server/minio/release/linux-amd64/minio |\n| Microsoft Windows | 64-bit       | https://dl.min.io/server/minio/release/windows-amd64/minio.exe |\n\n### Docker Container Download\n```\ndocker pull minio/minio:RELEASE.2020-04-23T00-58-49Z\n```\n\n### Questions\nIf you have any questions or comments regarding this advisory please reach out to us any of the following means.\n\n- If you are a community user [minio/minio](https://github.com/minio/minio/issues)\n- Email us at [security@min.io](mailto:security@min.io)\n- If you are a paid customer please open an issue at https://subnet.min.io","status":"published","published":"2021-05-24T21:13:59Z","modified":"2023-02-01T05:05:46Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-287","CWE-305","CWE-755"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:50:16.912878Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2020-11012","description":"MinIO versions before RELEASE.2020-04-23T00-58-49Z have an authentication bypass issue in the MinIO admin API. 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