CVE-2022-35919 — MinIO is a High Performance Object Storage released under GNU Affero General Pub

MinIO is a High Performance Object Storage released under GNU Affero General Public License v3.0. In affected versions all 'admin' users authorized for `admin:ServerUpdate` can selectively trigger an error that in response, returns the content of the path requested. Any

01What is this vulnerability?

MinIO is a High Performance Object Storage released under GNU Affero General Public License v3.0. In affected versions all 'admin' users authorized for `admin:ServerUpdate` can selectively trigger an error that in response, returns the content of the path requested. Any normal OS system would allow access to contents at any arbitrary paths that are readable by MinIO process. Users are advised to…

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
minio	minio	< RELEASE.2022-07-29T19-40-48Z

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2022-08-01T00:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2025-04-22T17:47:58.354Z

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/minio/minio/security/advisories/GHSA-gr9v-6pcm-rqvg
• github.com — https://github.com/minio/minio/pull/15429
• github.com — https://github.com/minio/minio/commit/bc72e4226e669d98c8e0f3eccc9297be9251c692
• packetstormsecurity.com — http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/175010/Minio-2022-07-29T19-40-48Z-Path-Trav…