Privilege escalation in IAM import API in MinIO

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  "id": "1e340cb61f8c90876aaf2736988885246e1df80297b2d79f9e84cf24db500fb1",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BIT-minio-2024-55949",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "withdrawal",
    "title": "Privilege escalation in IAM import API in MinIO",
    "summary": "MinIO is a high-performance, S3 compatible object store, open sourced under GNU AGPLv3 license. Minio is subject to a privilege escalation in IAM import API, all users are impacted since MinIO commit `580d9db85e04f1b63cc2909af50f0ed08afa965f`. This issue has been addressed in commit `f246c9053f9603e610d98439799bdd2a6b293427` which is included in RELEASE.2024-12-13T22-19-12Z. There are no workarounds possible, all users are advised to upgrade immediately.",
    "evidence": "osv:BIT-minio-2024-55949",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "minio",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "2024.12.13",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      }
    ],
    "severity": "critical",
    "structured": {
      "id": "BIT-minio-2024-55949",
      "aliases": [
        "BIT-minio-2024-55949"
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "SEMVER",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "2022.6.23"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "2024.12.13"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "minio",
            "purl": "pkg:bitnami/minio",
            "ecosystem": "Bitnami"
          },
          "severity": [
            {
              "type": "CVSS_V4",
              "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X"
            }
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://github.com/bitnami/vulndb/tree/main/data/minio/BIT-minio-2024-55949.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-08T08:11:02.807679789Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/minio/minio/commit/580d9db85e04f1b63cc2909af50f0ed08afa965f",
        "https://github.com/minio/minio/commit/f246c9053f9603e610d98439799bdd2a6b293427",
        "https://github.com/minio/minio/pull/20756",
        "https://github.com/minio/minio/security/advisories/GHSA-cwq8-g58r-32hg",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-55949"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cpes": [
          "cpe:2.3:a:minio:minio:*:*:*:*:*:go:*:*"
        ],
        "severity": "Critical"
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/database_specific/severity"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 98787,
  "published_at": "2025-04-14T11:14:32.648+00:00"
}