Vulnerability · CVE-2023-28432
MinIO Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Published Mar 22, 2023 · catalog updated Jun 16, 2026 · MinIO MinIO
Patch now
CVE-2023-28432 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due May 12, 2023. Confirm MinIO MinIO against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.
Gaps on this record
- No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
- Severity
- High7.5
- Known exploitation
- CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 83.96%
- Remediation
- Remediation guidance
- Affected products
- cpe minio/minio · vendor MinIO MinIO
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 and , resulting in information disclosure. All users of distributed deployment are impacted. All users are advised to upgrade to RELEASE.2023-03-20T20-16-18Z.
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How to fix CVE-2023-28432
Recommended remediation
Apply updates per vendor instructions. CISA due date May 12, 2023.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
CVE-2023-28432 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due May 12, 2023. Confirm MinIO MinIO against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.
Which versions are affected?
Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply updates per vendor instructions.
What should an analyst verify?
CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information. EPSS 83.96%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. A public exploit reference is linked in Sources. That is not the same as confirmed exploitation. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Mar 22, 2023 · Catalog
Detected
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 and , resulting in information disclosure. All users of distributed deployment are impacted. All users are advised to upgrade to RELEASE.2023-03-20T20-16-18Z.
Apr 21, 2023 · CISA KEV
Known exploited
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
May 12, 2023 · CISA KEV
Remediation due
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Jun 16, 2026 · Catalog
Updated
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 and , resulting in information disclosure. All users of distributed deployment are impacted. All users are advised to upgrade to RELEASE.2023-03-20T20-16-18Z.
Sources
- CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2023-28432
MinIO contains a vulnerability in a cluster deployment where MinIO returns all environment variables, which allows for information disclosure.
cisa.gov - CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2023-28432
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2023-28432
30-day exploitation probability 84.0%
first.org - Metasploit ModulesPublic exploit moduleauxiliary_gather/minio_bootstrap_verify_info_disc
Public module reference (normal). Module source is not copied into this catalog.
rapid7.com - NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2023-28432
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 and , resulting in information
nvd.nist.gov - VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2023-28432
MinIO contains a vulnerability in a cluster deployment where MinIO returns all environment variables, which allows for information disclosure.
vulncheck.com
References
- VulnCheck exploitation evidence · dashboard.shadowserver.org
- VulnCheck exploitation evidence · dashboard.shadowserver.org
- VulnCheck exploitation evidence · dashboard.shadowserver.org
- Release Notes · github.com
- CISA note · github.com
- CISA note · nvd.nist.gov
- Third Party Advisory · twitter.com
- Third Party Advisory · viz.greynoise.io
- VulnCheck exploitation evidence · cisa.gov
- Third Party Advisory · greynoise.io
- VulnCheck exploitation evidence · securityjoes.com
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.