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Vulnerability record · CVE-2023-25812 · published 21 February 2023

CVE-2023-25812: Minio vulnerability

Minio · Minio

Minio is a Multi-Cloud Object Storage framework. Affected versions do not correctly honor a `Deny` policy on ByPassGoverance. Ideally, minio should return "Access Denied" to all users attempting to DELETE a versionId with the special header `X-Amz-Bypass-Governance-Retention: true`. However, this was not honored instead the request will be honored and an object under governance would be incorrectly deleted. All users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

8.8 CVSS 3.1 High EPSS 0.96% · top 40.2% CWE-281 · CWE-281
8.8CVSS 3.1 base score
0.96%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
6References, 2 tagged exploit
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Minio is a Multi-Cloud Object Storage framework. Affected versions do not correctly honor a `Deny` policy on ByPassGoverance. Ideally, minio should return "Access Denied" to all users attempting to DELETE a versionId with the special header `X-Amz-Bypass-Governance-Retention: true`. However, this was not honored instead the request will be honored and an object under governance would be incorrectly deleted. All users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://github.com/minio/minio/commit/a7188bc9d0f0a5ae05aaf1b8126bcd3cb3fdc485 Patch
https://github.com/minio/minio/pull/16635 Issue TrackingPatch
https://github.com/minio/minio/security/advisories/GHSA-c8fc-mjj8-fc63 ExploitVendor Advisory
https://github.com/minio/minio/commit/a7188bc9d0f0a5ae05aaf1b8126bcd3cb3fdc485 Patch
https://github.com/minio/minio/pull/16635 Issue TrackingPatch
https://github.com/minio/minio/security/advisories/GHSA-c8fc-mjj8-fc63 ExploitVendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2023-25812), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.