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CVE-2023-28432

Exposure of Sensitive Information — is CVE-2023-28432real, exploitable, or a false positive? Here's the community ground truth.

High · CVSS 7.5EPSS 84.0%CISA KEVCWE-200 · Exposure of Sensitive Information

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

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.

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Community real-world severity: High (High 3) — CVSS base score 7.5

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    Field note · Mara OkonkwoCurated

    MinIO Information Disclosure Vulnerability — MinIO contains a vulnerability in a cluster deployment where MinIO returns all environment variables, which allows for information disclosure. Listed in the CISA KEV catalog (added 2023-04-21) — confirmed exploited in the wild, not theoretical. FIRST EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at ~84%. Treat it as real and prioritize remediation over triage.

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    Remediation · Yuki TanakaCurated

    Required action for MinIO MinIO: Apply updates per vendor instructions. CISA set a federal remediation due date of 2023-05-12. After patching, verify the vulnerable path is no longer reachable before closing the finding.

Same weaknessCWE-200 · Exposure of Sensitive Information.