Description
RustFS is a distributed object storage system built in Rust. Prior to 1.0.0-alpha.94, all four notification target admin API endpoints in `rustfs/src/admin/handlers/event.rs` use a `check_permissions` helper that validates authentication only (access key + session token), without performing any admin-action authorization via `validate_admin_request`. Every other admin handler in the codebase correctly calls `validate_admin_request` with a specific `AdminAction`. This is the only admin handler file that skips authorization. A non-admin user can overwrite a shared admin-defined notification target by name, causing subsequent bucket events to be delivered to an attacker-controlled endpoint. This enables cross-user event interception and audit evasion. 1.0.0-alpha.94 contains a patch.
Published: 2026-04-22
Score: 8.3 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Cross-user event interception and audit evasion
Action: Immediate Patch
AI Analysis

Impact

RustFS is a distributed object storage system written in Rust. A grant‑of permission flaw in the notification target admin API endpoints allows a user who holds normal authentication credentials to overwrite a shared, admin‑defined notification target. The attacker then redirects bucket events to a malicious webhook, intercepting events for other users and avoiding audit detection. This flaw is an authority control weakness (CWE‑862) that can compromise confidentiality of event data and disrupt audit logs.

Affected Systems

The vulnerability affects RustFS as supplied by the RustFS vendor. Versions prior to 1.0.0‑alpha.94 expose the four notification target admin API endpoints without proper admin‑action authorization. The affected product is rustfs:rustfs; any deployment running a pre‑1.0.0‑alpha.94 build is potentially at risk.

Risk and Exploitability

The CVSS score of 8.3 indicates a high severity. No EPSS scoring is available but the flaw can be exploited by any authenticated non‑admin user who can reach the admin API endpoints, which are typically exposed on the same host as the storage service. The vulnerability is not publicly listed in the CISA KEV catalog, yet the lack of admin authorization makes it an easy vector for cross‑user data exfiltration and audit evasion.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on April 27, 2026 at 08:26 UTC.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Apply the RustFS patch by upgrading to version 1.0.0‑alpha.94 or later, which restores admin‑action authorization on the notification target endpoints.
  • Restrict access to the notification target admin API endpoints so that only users with administrative privileges can modify notification targets, and enforce unique target names to prevent accidental overwrites.
  • Audit existing notification target configurations for unauthorized changes and implement monitoring to detect future attempts to alter them.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on April 27, 2026 at 08:26 UTC.

Tracking

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-pfcq-4gjr-6gjm RustFS: Missing admin authorization on notification target endpoints allows unauthenticated configuration of event webhooks
History

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 13:15:00 +0000

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Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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


Wed, 22 Apr 2026 21:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Rustfs
Rustfs rustfs
Vendors & Products Rustfs
Rustfs rustfs

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 20:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description RustFS is a distributed object storage system built in Rust. Prior to 1.0.0-alpha.94, all four notification target admin API endpoints in `rustfs/src/admin/handlers/event.rs` use a `check_permissions` helper that validates authentication only (access key + session token), without performing any admin-action authorization via `validate_admin_request`. Every other admin handler in the codebase correctly calls `validate_admin_request` with a specific `AdminAction`. This is the only admin handler file that skips authorization. A non-admin user can overwrite a shared admin-defined notification target by name, causing subsequent bucket events to be delivered to an attacker-controlled endpoint. This enables cross-user event interception and audit evasion. 1.0.0-alpha.94 contains a patch.
Title RustFS missing admin authorization on notification target endpoints, which allows unauthenticated configuration of event webhooks
Weaknesses CWE-862
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-23T16:24:57.337Z

Reserved: 2026-04-15T20:40:15.518Z

Link: CVE-2026-40937

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-04-23T13:41:10.574Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-04-22T21:17:08.877

Modified: 2026-04-24T13:12:29.780

Link: CVE-2026-40937

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-04-27T18:42:00Z

Weaknesses