Improper Privilege Management in minio - CVE-2022-24842
Published: June 29, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU64785
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-24842
CWE-ID: CWE-269
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: MinIO
Affected software:
minio
minio
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper privilege management. A remote non-admin user can create service accounts for root or other admin users and then is able to assume their access policies via the generated credentials.
How to mitigate CVE-2022-24842
Install updates from vendor's website.