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

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2024-55949-minio-vulnerable-to-privilege-escalation-in-iam-import-api  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2024-12-18  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

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)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/github-com-minio-minio). Vendors: [Go](https://junglewise.ai/threats/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

  ```sh
  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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