GHSA-w23q-4hw3-2pp6

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    GHSA-w23q-4hw3-2pp6

    Published: 6 Sept 2023Last Modified: 8 Oct 2026

    Summary: Minio vulnerable to Privilege Escalation on Windows via Path separator manipulation

    Details: ### Impact All users on Windows are impacted. MinIO fails to filter the `\` character, which allows for arbitrary object placement across buckets. As a result, a user with low privileges, such as an access key, service account, or STS credential, which only has permission to `PutObject` in a specific bucket, can create an admin user. ### Patches There are two patches that fix this problem comprehensively ``` commit b3c54ec81e0a06392abfb3a1ffcdc80c6fbf6ebc Author: Harshavardhana <[email protected]> Date: Mon Mar 20 13:16:00 2023 -0700 reject object names with '\' on windows (#16856) ``` ``` commit 8d6558b23649f613414c8527b58973fbdfa4d1b8 Author: Harshavardhana <[email protected]> Date: Mon Mar 20 00:35:25 2023 -0700 fix: convert '\' to '/' on windows (#16852) ``` ### Workarounds There are no known workarounds ### References The vulnerable code: ```go // minio/cmd/generic-handlers.go // Check if the incoming path has bad path components, // such as ".." and "." // SlashSeparator -> / // dotdotComponent -> .. // dotComponent -> . func hasBadPathComponent(path string) bool { path = strings.TrimSpace(path) for _, p := range strings.Split(path, SlashSeparator) { switch strings.TrimSpace(p) { case dotdotComponent: return true case dotComponent: return true } } return false } ```

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: github.com/minio/minio

    Purl: pkg:golang/github.com/minio/minio

    Affected ranges

    Type: SEMVER

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.0.0-202303200735

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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