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CVE-2026-41145 — minio

Fix: minio/minio@76913a9

CVE-2026-41145 is a Improper Authentication vulnerability in github.com/minio/minio. The records list no fixed version yet; check the vendor advisory below and apply the mitigations in the meantime.

MinIO has an Unauthenticated Object Write via Query-String Credential Signature Bypass in Unsigned-Trailer Uploads

Also known asGHSA-hv4r-mvr4-25vwGO-2026-5437
Published
Updated
Affected
1 pkg
Patched
See advisory
Exploits
None indexed
Exploitation data as of Nov 6, 2026 · OSV.dev, NVD, FIRST.org (EPSS)

Exploitation Status

No confirmed exploitation observed yet

  • A successful exploit gives an attacker total control of the affected component, not partial access.
  • CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.

Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for CVE-2026-41145.

EPSS Exploitation Probability

via FIRST.org ↗
0.3%probability of exploitation in next 30 days
Lower Risk0.00%
Lower risk than most CVEs29th percentile — riskier than 29% of all scored CVEsHighest risk
0.00%0.37%0.73%1.10%0.1%0.3%May 26Sep 26Nov 26

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.

Real-World Exposure

1 pkg affected
🐹github.com/minio/minio

Real-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects Go packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.

Description

Impact

What kind of vulnerability is it? Who is impacted?

An authentication bypass vulnerability in MinIO's STREAMING-UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD-TRAILER code path allows any user who knows a valid access key to write arbitrary objects to any bucket without knowing the secret key or providing a valid cryptographic signature.

Any MinIO deployment is impacted. The attack requires only a valid access key (the well-known default minioadmin, or any key with WRITE permission on a bucket) and a target bucket name.

PutObjectHandler and PutObjectPartHandler call newUnsignedV4ChunkedReader with a signature verification gate based solely on the presence of the Authorization header:

newUnsignedV4ChunkedReader(r, true, r.Header.Get(xhttp.Authorization) != "")

Meanwhile, isPutActionAllowed extracts credentials from either the Authorization header or the X-Amz-Credential query parameter, and trusts whichever it finds. An attacker omits the Authorization header and supplies credentials exclusively via the query string. The signature gate evaluates to false, doesSignatureMatch is never called, and the request proceeds with the permissions of the impersonated access key.

This affects PutObjectHandler (standard and tables/warehouse bucket paths) and PutObjectPartHandler (multipart uploads).

Affected components: cmd/object-handlers.go (PutObjectHandler), cmd/object-multipart-handlers.go (PutObjectPartHandler).

Affected Versions

All MinIO releases through the final release of the minio/minio open-source project.

The vulnerability was introduced in commit 76913a9fd ("Signed trailers for signature v4", PR #16484), which added authTypeStreamingUnsignedTrailer support. The first affected release is RELEASE.2023-05-18T00-05-36Z.

Patches

Fixed in: MinIO AIStor RELEASE.2026-04-11T03-20-12Z

Binary Downloads

PlatformArchitectureDownload
Linuxamd64minio
Linuxarm64minio
macOSarm64minio
macOSamd64minio
Windowsamd64minio.exe

FIPS Binaries

PlatformArchitectureDownload
Linuxamd64minio.fips
Linuxarm64minio.fips

Package Downloads

Container Images

# Standard
docker pull quay.io/minio/aistor/minio:RELEASE.2026-04-11T03-20-12Z
podman pull quay.io/minio/aistor/minio:RELEASE.2026-04-11T03-20-12Z

# FIPS
docker pull quay.io/minio/aistor/minio:RELEASE.2026-04-11T03-20-12Z.fips
podman pull quay.io/minio/aistor/minio:RELEASE.2026-04-11T03-20-12Z.fips

Homebrew (macOS)

brew install minio/aistor/minio

Workarounds

If upgrading is not immediately possible:

  • Block unsigned-trailer requests at the load balancer. Reject any request containing X-Amz-Content-Sha256: STREAMING-UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD-TRAILER at the reverse proxy or WAF layer. Clients can use STREAMING-AWS4-HMAC-SHA256-PAYLOAD-TRAILER (the signed variant) instead.

  • Restrict WRITE permissions. Limit s3:PutObject grants to trusted principals. While this reduces the attack surface, it does not eliminate the vulnerability since any user with WRITE permission can exploit it with only their access key.

Credits

  • Finder: Arvin Shivram of Brutecat Security (@ddd)

Affected Packages

1 total
EcosystemPackageVulnerable rangeFix
🐹Gogithub.com/minio/minio≥ 0.0.0-20230506025312-76913a9fd5c6No fix

Affected Products

1 product · 1 configurations
Application
miniominio
≥ 2023-05-18t00-05-36z && < 2026-04-11T03-20-12Z
range

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency
  1. Detect

    Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for github.com/minio/minio, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.

  2. Remediation status

    The records we use list no patched version of github.com/minio/minio for CVE-2026-41145. Check the maintainer's advisory, and where your build allows, override or pin the dependency away from the vulnerable range.

  3. Mitigate without a patch

    Put an independent control in front of the weakness: restrict the affected endpoint or interface to trusted networks, require an additional authentication factor or proxy-level check, and invalidate existing sessions and credentials in case the flaw has already been used.

Frequently Asked Questions

### Impact _What kind of vulnerability is it? Who is impacted?_ An authentication bypass vulnerability in MinIO's `STREAMING-UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD-TRAILER` code path allows any user who knows a valid access key to write arbitrary objects to any bucket without knowing the secret key or providing a valid cryptographic signature. Any MinIO deployment is impacted. The attack requires only a valid access key (the well-known default `minioadmin`, or any key with WRITE permission on a bucket) and a target bucket name. `PutObjectHandler` and `PutObjectPartHandler` call `newUnsignedV4ChunkedReader` with
O3 Security · Impact-Aware SCA

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