{"id":"CVE-2023-28432","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2023-28432","generatedAt":"2026-10-31T11:46:12.350Z","title":"MinIO Information Disclosure Vulnerability","description":"Minio is a Multi-Cloud Object Storage framework. In a cluster deployment starting with RELEASE.2019-12-17T23-16-33Z and prior to RELEASE.2023-03-20T20-16-18Z, MinIO returns all environment variables, including `MINIO_SECRET_KEY`\nand `MINIO_ROOT_PASSWORD`, resulting in information disclosure. All users of distributed deployment are impacted. All users are advised to upgrade to RELEASE.2023-03-20T20-16-18Z.","published":"2023-03-22T21:15:18.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T05:47:42.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"security-advisories@github.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-200"],"affected":["minio/minio"],"epss":{"score":0.83957,"percentile":0.99692,"date":"2026-10-30","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":true,"dateAdded":"2023-04-21","dueDate":"2023-05-12","knownRansomwareCampaignUse":"Unknown","notes":"Apply updates per vendor instructions.\nhttps://github.com/minio/minio/security/advisories/GHSA-6xvq-wj2x-3h3q; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-28432"},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 12 May 2023). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/minio/minio/releases/tag/RELEASE.2023-03-20T20-16-18Z","tags":["Release Notes"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/minio/minio/security/advisories/GHSA-6xvq-wj2x-3h3q","tags":["Exploit","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://twitter.com/Andrew___Morris/status/1639325397241278464","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://viz.greynoise.io/tag/minio-information-disclosure-attempt","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://www.greynoise.io/blog/openai-minio-and-why-you-should-always-use-docker-cli-scan-to-keep-your-supply-chain-clean","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/minio/minio/releases/tag/RELEASE.2023-03-20T20-16-18Z","tags":["Release Notes"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/minio/minio/security/advisories/GHSA-6xvq-wj2x-3h3q","tags":["Exploit","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://twitter.com/Andrew___Morris/status/1639325397241278464","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://viz.greynoise.io/tag/minio-information-disclosure-attempt","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.greynoise.io/blog/openai-minio-and-why-you-should-always-use-docker-cli-scan-to-keep-your-supply-chain-clean","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-28432","tags":["US Government Resource"],"source":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-28432","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}