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. There are no workarounds possible, all users are advised to upgrade immediately.

Metrics

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact High

Vulnerable System Availability Impact None

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00288.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendors Products
Minio
  • Minio

No data.

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment is a feature of OpenCVE that uses AI to automatically link vendors and products to CVEs. Learn more on GitHub.

Vendors Products
Minio
  • Minio
Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-3532 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. There are no workarounds possible, all users are advised to upgrade immediately.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-cwq8-g58r-32hg MinIO vulnerable to privilege escalation in IAM import API
Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References
Link Providers
https://github.com/minio/minio/commit/580d9db85e04f1b63cc2909af50f0ed08afa965f cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/minio/minio/commit/f246c9053f9603e610d98439799bdd2a6b293427 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/minio/minio/pull/20756 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/minio/minio/security/advisories/GHSA-cwq8-g58r-32hg cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-55949 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-55949 cve-icon
History

Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00149}

 epss

{'score': 0.00171}

Tue, 17 Dec 2024 14:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

 cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'}

threat_severity

Important

Mon, 16 Dec 2024 21:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Mon, 16 Dec 2024 20:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
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. There are no workarounds possible, all users are advised to upgrade immediately.
Title Privilege escalation in IAM import API in MinIO
Weaknesses CWE-269
References
Metrics cvssV4_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'}
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2024-12-16T20:18:46.452Z

Reserved: 2024-12-13T17:39:32.960Z

Link: CVE-2024-55949

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-12-16T20:18:38.950Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2024-12-16T20:15:13.683

Modified: 2024-12-16T20:15:13.683

Link: CVE-2024-55949

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2024-12-16T20:02:00Z

Links: CVE-2024-55949 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-07-12T22:45:23Z