CVE-2026-122267: MinIO Signature V4 verification improper signature validation

CVE-2026-122267 · Severity: info · Published 2026-11-05

MinIO, an object storage system compatible with Amazon S3, fails to validate certain request headers in its signature verification process. An attacker with a presigned URL limited to uploading a single object could add unsigned headers to read any object from any bucket that the signing credentials can access, turning a write-only permission into cross-bucket read access.

Technologies: Minio. Vendors: MinIO.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2026-122267 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-122267 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2026-122267?
Informational severity, published 5 November 2026.
Which products and versions are affected?
Minio before RELEASE.2026-09-22T19-25-18Z.
Is there a fix for CVE-2026-122267?
Yes: fixed in RELEASE.2026-09-22T19-25-18Z. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
How is CVE-2026-122267 attacked?
It is attacked over the network, in a hosted service.
Am I affected by CVE-2026-122267?
Check whether you run Minio 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

  • Fixed in: RELEASE.2026-09-22T19-25-18Z

Technical details

The vulnerability exists in Signature V4 verification, specifically in the extractSignedHeaders function, which only validates headers listed in the SignedHeaders field and ignores unsigned x-amz-* headers present in the actual request. An attacker can exploit this by appending x-amz-copy-source or other steering headers to a presigned PUT request to bypass intended scope restrictions. The router dispatches PUT requests with x-amz-copy-source to CopyObjectHandler based on the header alone, allowing server-side copy operations as the signing key.

Affected products

  • MinIO MinIO before RELEASE.2026-09-22T19-25-18Z

Timeline

  • 2026-11-05: disclosed

References

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