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CVE-2022-24842

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

  • Published2022-04-12
  • Fixed in2022-04-12t06-55-35z
  • WeaknessCWE-269

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Description

MinIO is a High Performance Object Storage released under GNU Affero General Public License v3.0. A security issue was found where an non-admin user is able to create service accounts for root or other admin users and then is able to assume their access policies via the generated credentials. This in turn allows the user to escalate privilege to that of the root user. This vulnerability has been resolved in pull request #14729 and is included in `RELEASE.2022-04-12T06-55-35Z`. Users unable to upgrade may workaround this issue by explicitly adding a `admin:CreateServiceAccount` deny policy, however, this, in turn, denies the user the ability to create their own service accounts as well.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2022-04-1218:15CVE publishedNVD

Versions per branch

NVD · OSV
Minio
BranchAffectedFixed in
2022.x≥ 2021-12-09t06-19-41z, < 2022-04-12t06-55-35z2022-04-12t06-55-35z
minio
BranchAffectedFixed in
2022.4≥ 2021.12.09, < 2022.04.122022.04.12

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Products declared by the CNA1 product

As GitHub_M, the CNA that assigned this CVE, declared them in the CVE record; versions as written.

  • minio
    Affected
    • = < RELEASE.2022-04-12T06-55-35Zno fix stated

Source: the CNA record (CVE Program), © The MITRE Corporation,CVE Terms of UseCVE recordupdated 2022-04-12

Distribution builds and vendor advisories

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Vendor advisories

  • CVE-2022-24842 Red Hat Product Security

    minio: Unprivileged user is able to create service accounts for root or other admin users

Full record on NVD

Fix

  1. Update Minio to 2022-04-12t06-55-35z

Advisories and patches

Detection

Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof of concept
Metasploit modules
none listed
Metasploit Framework

Sources

  • CISA-ADPSSVC decisionpoc2025-04-22
  • CNACVSS 3.18.8known since 2026-10-23
  • NVDCVSS 3.18.8read 2026-10-23
  • NVDCVSS 2.09read 2026-10-23
  • CNAweakness (CWE)CWE-269known since 2026-10-23
  • FIRST EPSSEPSS score2.1 %2026-11-08
  • OSVaffected packages—

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2022-04-12
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-24842?

MinIO is a High Performance Object Storage released under GNU Affero General Public License v3.0. A security issue was found where an non-admin user is able to create service accounts for root or other admin users and then is able to assume their access policies via the generated credentials. This in turn allows the user to escalate privilege to that of the root user. This vulnerability has been resolved in pull request #14729 and is included in `RELEASE.2022-04-12T06-55-35Z`. Users unable to upgrade may workaround this issue by explicitly adding a `admin:CreateServiceAccount` deny policy, however, this, in turn, denies the user the ability to create their own service accounts as well.

Is CVE-2022-24842 actively exploited?

A proof-of-concept exploit exists for CVE-2022-24842, but active exploitation has not been confirmed at this time.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-24842?

CVE-2022-24842 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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