Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in minio - CVE-2023-27589

 

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in minio - CVE-2023-27589

Published: October 20, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU82277
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-27589
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote privileged user to bypass security restrictions.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly impose security restrictions. A remote user with `consoleAdmin` permissions can potentially create a user that matches the root credential `accessKey`


Affected software

minio
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus Container Backup and Restore for OpenShift
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus Container Backup and Restore for Kubernetes

How to mitigate CVE-2023-27589

Install updates from vendor's website.

minio - update to 2023-03-13T19-46-17Z
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus Container Backup and Restore for OpenShift - update to 10.1.12.4
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus Container Backup and Restore for Kubernetes - update to 10.1.12.4

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