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

> Authenticated admin users can exploit a path traversal flaw in the server update API to read arbitrary files from the server.

- **Severity:** High 7.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 1 Aug 2022
- **Updated:** 22 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-gr9v-6pcm-rqvg, MINI-f8q6-hx72-9gp2, MINI-p4x3-cc62-9xp3

## 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 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-35919?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Minio Minio.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-35919?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## 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:

- Minio 2022-07-29T19-40-48Z - Path traversal (exploitdb)
- Program ini adalah alat (tool) yang dibuat untuk memeriksa keamanan sistem Minio terkait dengan kerentanan CVE-2022-35919 (github_poc): https://github.com/ifulxploit/Minio-Security-Vulnerability-Checker

## Other vulnerabilities in minio

- [CVE-2023-28434](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28434/): MinIO Security Feature Bypass (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2023-28432](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28432/): MinIO Information Disclosure (high 7.5, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2020-11012](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-11012/): Authentication bypass MinIO Admin API (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2026-33322](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-33322/): MinIO: JWT Algorithm Confusion in OIDC Authentication (critical 9.2)
- [CVE-2026-33419](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-33419/): MinIO: LDAP login brute-force via user enumeration and missing rate limit (critical 9.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-35919 and fix it if it is affected.

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

Affected product: minio. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-35919/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-35919/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-35919
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-35919
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-35919

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-35919/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.