What is CVE-2023-25812?

CVE-2023-25812 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Minio, classified under Improper Preservation of Permissions. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2023-02-21.

How severe is CVE-2023-25812?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-25812 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Minio

CVE-2023-25812

Minio is a Multi-Cloud Object Storage framework. Affected versions do not correctly honor a `Deny` policy on ByPassGoverance. Ideally, minio should return "Access Denied" to all users attempting to DELETE a versionId with the special header `X-Amz-Bypass-Governance-Retention: true`. However, this was not honored instead the request will be honored and an object under governance would be incorrectly deleted. All users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

EPSS: 0.010 (57.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Minio — versions >= RELEASE.2020-04-10T03-34-42Z, < RELEASE.2023-02-17T17-52-43Z

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-281 — Improper Preservation of Permissions

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
security-advisories@github.com (Patch, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)
security-advisories@github.com (Patch, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-25812?: CVE-2023-25812 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Minio, classified under Improper Preservation of Permissions. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2023-02-21.
How severe is CVE-2023-25812?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-25812 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.