CVE-2024-55949: GO-2024-3336 - MinIO vulnerable to privilege escalation in IAM import API in github.com/minio/minio

CVE-2024-55949 · Severity: medium · CVSS 4 · Published 2024-12-18

MinIO vulnerable to privilege escalation in IAM import API in github.com/minio/minio

Technologies: github.com/minio/minio (Go). Vendors: Go.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2024-55949 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2024-55949 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2024-55949?
Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 4, published 18 December 2024.
Which products and versions are affected?
github.com/minio/minio (Go) SEMVER:introduced=0.0.0-20220623162515-580d9db85e04,fixed=0.0.0-20241213221912-68b004a48f41.
Is there a fix for CVE-2024-55949?
Yes. github.com/minio/minio (Go): upgrade to 0.0.0-20241213221912-68b004a48f41 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
Am I affected by CVE-2024-55949?
Check whether you run github.com/minio/minio (Go) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

  • github.com/minio/minio (Go): upgrade to 0.0.0-20241213221912-68b004a48f41 or later
    go get github.com/minio/minio@v0.0.0-20241213221912-68b004a48f41

Affected products

  • github.com/minio/minio (Go) SEMVER:introduced=0.0.0-20220623162515-580d9db85e04,fixed=0.0.0-20241213221912-68b004a48f41

Identifiers

  • CVE-2024-55949
  • GHSA-cwq8-g58r-32hg
  • GO-2024-3336

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