CVE-2021-43858

mediumpriority · attend · 48OT risk · highEPSS 0.355 · 98 %ileexploit · PoCDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

2 exploits · PoC

Likely / severe?

35.5% (98th) EPSS

CVSS 6.5 · medium

Is it mine?

7 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

6 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

MinIO is a Kubernetes native application for cloud storage. Prior to version `RELEASE.2021-12-27T07-23-18Z`, a malicious client can hand-craft an HTTP API call that allows for updating policy for a user and gaining higher privileges. The patch in version `RELEASE.2021-12-27T07-23-18Z` changes the accepted request body type and removes the ability to apply policy changes through this API. There is a workaround for this vulnerability: Changing passwords can be disabled by adding an explicit `Deny` rule to disable the API for users.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

8.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.5–8.8

v2.06.5mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8 · impact 6.4

v3.18.8highAV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · security-advisories@github.comexploitability 2.8 · impact 5.9

v3.18.3highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Psecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-863USprimaryCWE-269USCWE-269US

exploits (2)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

0rx1/cve-2021-438580rx1/cve-2021-43858PoC · poc_in_github
khuntor/CVE-2021-43858-MinIOkhuntor/CVE-2021-43858-MinIOPoC · poc_in_github

affected products (7)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus < 10.1.9.3all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:spectrum_protect:plus__10.1.9.3
IBM Spectrum Protect plus 10.1all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:spectrum_protect:plus_10.1
Red Hat Enterprise Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:-
minio minio≤ < RELEASE.2021-12-27T07-23-18Zenisa_euvdEU
MinIO Inc MinIO≤ 2021-12-27T07-23-18Zfstec_bduRU
minio minio< 2021-12-27t07-23-18znvdUScpe:2.3:a:minio:minio:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Bitnami minio< 2021.12.27osvUSpkg:bitnami/minio

advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2023-1524IBM Spectrum Protect Plus: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2022-01-31csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer oder authentisierter Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in IBM Spectrum Protect Plus ausnutzen, um einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand zu verursachen, seine Privilegien zu erweitern, Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen und beliebigen Code auszuführen.
BIT-minio-2021-43858User privilege escalation in MinIO2024-03-06vendor · osvUS
MinIO is a Kubernetes native application for cloud storage. Prior to version `RELEASE.2021-12-27T07-23-18Z`, a malicious client can hand-craft an HTTP API call that allows for updating policy for a user and gaining higher privileges. The patch in version `RELEASE.2021-12-27T07-23-18Z` changes the accepted request body type and removes the ability to apply policy changes through this API. There is a workaround for this vulnerability: Changing passwords can be disabled by adding an explicit `Deny` rule to disable the API for users.

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu osv cert_bund nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2021-12-27modified 2026-06-17

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