cve-2021-43858
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-12-27 21:20
Modified
2024-08-04 04:10
Severity
8.8 (High) - cvssV3_1 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
User privilege escalation in MinIO
References
SourceURLTags
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/minio/minio/commit/5a96cbbeaabd0a82b0fe881378e7c21c85091abfPatch, Third Party Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/minio/minio/pull/13976Patch, Third Party Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/minio/minio/pull/7949Patch, Third Party Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/minio/minio/releases/tag/RELEASE.2021-12-27T07-23-18ZRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/minio/minio/security/advisories/GHSA-j6jc-jqqc-p6cxPatch, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
VendorProduct
miniominio
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