GHSA-jv87-32hw-hh99 — minio
GHSA-jv87-32hw-hh99 is a CWE-204 vulnerability in github.com/minio/minio. No vendor fix is recorded yet; mitigation options are listed below.
MinIO LDAP login brute-force via user enumeration and missing rate limit
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation observed yet
- CISA assesses this as automatable — exploitation doesn’t require manual, per-target effort, which raises the odds of mass scanning and opportunistic attacks.
- 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 GHSA-jv87-32hw-hh99.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) is a daily probability model maintained by FIRST.org. It estimates the likelihood a CVE will be exploited in production environments within the next 30 days, derived from real-world threat intelligence signals.
Real-World Exposure
github.com/minio/minioReal-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?
MinIO AIStor's STS (Security Token Service) AssumeRoleWithLDAPIdentity endpoint is vulnerable to LDAP credential brute-forcing due to two combined weaknesses: (1) distinguishable error responses that enable username enumeration, and (2) absence of rate limiting on authentication attempts. An unauthenticated network attacker can enumerate valid LDAP usernames and then perform unlimited password guessing to obtain temporary AWS-style STS credentials, gaining access to the victim's S3 buckets and objects.
All deployments with LDAP configured running an affected version are impacted.
There are two vulnerabilities:
- User Enumeration via Distinguishable Error Messages (CWE-204)
- Missing Rate Limiting on STS Authentication Endpoints (CWE-307)
When exploited together, an attacker can:
- Enumerate valid LDAP usernames by observing error message differences.
- Perform high-speed password brute-force attacks against confirmed valid users.
- Upon finding valid credentials, obtain temporary AWS-style STS credentials (
AccessKeyId,SecretAccessKey,SessionToken) with full access to the victim user's S3 resources.
Affected Versions
All MinIO releases through the final release of the minio/minio open-source project.
Patches
Fixed in: MinIO AIStor RELEASE.2026-03-17T21-25-16Z
Binary Downloads
| Platform | Architecture | Download |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | amd64 | minio |
| Linux | arm64 | minio |
| macOS | arm64 | minio |
| macOS | amd64 | minio |
| Windows | amd64 | minio.exe |
FIPS Binaries
| Platform | Architecture | Download |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | amd64 | minio.fips |
| Linux | arm64 | minio.fips |
Package Downloads
| Format | Architecture | Download |
|---|---|---|
| DEB | amd64 | minio_20260317212516.0.0_amd64.deb |
| DEB | arm64 | minio_20260317212516.0.0_arm64.deb |
| RPM | amd64 | minio-20260317212516.0.0-1.x86_64.rpm |
| RPM | arm64 | minio-20260317212516.0.0-1.aarch64.rpm |
Container Images
# Standard
docker pull quay.io/minio/aistor/minio:RELEASE.2026-03-17T21-25-16Z
podman pull quay.io/minio/aistor/minio:RELEASE.2026-03-17T21-25-16Z
# FIPS
docker pull quay.io/minio/aistor/minio:RELEASE.2026-03-17T21-25-16Z.fips
podman pull quay.io/minio/aistor/minio:RELEASE.2026-03-17T21-25-16Z.fips
Homebrew (macOS)
brew install minio/aistor/minio
Workarounds
If upgrading is not immediately possible:
- Network-level rate limiting: Use a reverse proxy (e.g., nginx, HAProxy) or WAF to rate-limit requests to the
/?Action=AssumeRoleWithLDAPIdentityendpoint. - Firewall restrictions: Restrict access to the STS endpoint to trusted networks/IP ranges only.
- LDAP account lockout: Configure account lockout policies on the LDAP server itself (e.g., Active Directory lockout threshold). Note: this protects against brute-force but not enumeration, and may cause denial-of-service for legitimate users.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐹Go | github.com/minio/minio | all versions | No fix |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
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.
Remediation status
No patched version of github.com/minio/minio has shipped for GHSA-jv87-32hw-hh99 yet. Where your build allows, override or pin the dependency away from the vulnerable range, and apply any maintainer-recommended mitigation.
Mitigate without a patch
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 Security's impact-aware SCA analyses which vulnerable code paths your application actually calls, so a match like GHSA-jv87-32hw-hh99 can be triaged on real exposure rather than presence alone.
Tailored to GHSA-jv87-32hw-hh99. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is GHSA-jv87-32hw-hh99 in your dependencies?
O3 Security finds GHSA-jv87-32hw-hh99 across Go dependencies, including transitive ones, and its impact-aware SCA ranks findings by whether your code actually calls the vulnerable path.