CVE-2022-35919 Authenticated requests for server update admin API allows path traversal in minio

What is CVE-2022-35919?

CVE-2022-35919 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in minio, published on 1 Aug 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

MinIO is a High Performance Object Storage released under GNU Affero General Public License v3.0. In affected versions all 'admin' users authorized for `admin:ServerUpdate` can selectively trigger an error that in response, returns the content of the path requested. Any normal OS system would allow access to contents at any arbitrary paths that are readable by MinIO process. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade may disable ServerUpdate API by denying the `admin:ServerUpdate` action for your admin users via IAM policies.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-35919?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Minio Minio.

How do I fix CVE-2022-35919?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2022-35919 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-35919 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry and 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.

Other vulnerabilities in minio

• CVE-2023-28434 MinIO Security Feature Bypass Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2023-28432 MinIO Information Disclosure Exploited High 7.5
• CVE-2020-11012 Authentication bypass MinIO Admin API Critical 9.3
• CVE-2026-33322 MinIO: JWT Algorithm Confusion in OIDC Authentication Critical 9.2
• CVE-2026-33419 MinIO: LDAP login brute-force via user enumeration and missing rate limit Critical 9.1

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-gr9v-6pcm-rqvg, MINI-f8q6-hx72-9gp2, MINI-p4x3-cc62-9xp3.