CVE-2021-43858 affects MinIO, a Kubernetes native cloud storage application, allowing a malicious client to craft an HTTP API call to update user policies and gain elevated privileges. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity that can lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, a patch is available in version RELEASE.2021-12-27T07-23-18Z, and a workaround exists by disabling the password change API for users.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2021-12-27t07-23-18zCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:minio:minio:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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