High 7.5Known exploited (CISA KEV)Published Mar 22, 2023

CVE-2023-28432Minio Information Disclosure in Cluster Deployment

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-19 09:40 UTC)

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CISA lists it as known exploited since Apr 21, 2023; federal agencies had to remediate by May 12, 2023. Treat that date as your deadline.

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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 `MINIO_SECRET_KEY` and `MINIO_ROOT_PASSWORD`, resulting in information disclosure. All users of distributed deployment are impacted. All users are advised to upgrade to RELEASE.2023-03-20T20-16-18Z.

CVSS: 7.5 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-200
Known exploited: Added to CISA KEV Apr 21, 2023; federal remediation due May 12, 2023Apply updates per vendor instructions.
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): 83.96% (percentile 100)
Assigned by: GitHub_M
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Oct 21, 2025
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

minio minio minio:minio (from the name)	from RELEASE.2019-12-17T23-16-33Z, < RELEASE.2023-03-20T20-16-18Z	CNA record
minio minio minio:minio	from 2019-12-17t23-16-33z before 2023-03-20t20-16-18z	NVD

References

https://github.com/minio/minio/security/advisories/GHSA-6xvq-wj2x-3h3qx-refsource-confirm, exploit, vendor-advisory
https://github.com/minio/minio/releases/tag/RELEASE.2023-03-20T20-16-18Zx-refsource-misc, release-notes
https://twitter.com/Andrew___Morris/status/1639325397241278464third-party-advisory
https://viz.greynoise.io/tag/minio-information-disclosure-attemptthird-party-advisory
https://www.greynoise.io/blog/openai-minio-and-why-you-should-always-use-docker-cli-scan-to-keep-your-supply-chain-cleanthird-party-advisory
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-28432us-government-resource

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