CVE-2021-21287

Server-Side Request Forgery in MinIO Browser API

HIGH
7.7
CVSS Score
Published: February 1, 2021 at 05:15 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:35 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorMinIO

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Severity
HIGH7.7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 24%

Description

MinIO is a High Performance Object Storage released under Apache License v2.0. In MinIO before version RELEASE.2021-01-30T00-20-58Z there is a server-side request forgery vulnerability. The target application may have functionality for importing data from a URL, publishing data to a URL, or otherwise reading data from a URL that can be tampered with. The attacker modifies the calls to this functionality by supplying a completely different URL or by manipulating how URLs are built (path traversal etc.). In a Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) attack, the attacker can abuse functionality on the server to read or update internal resources. The attacker can supply or modify a URL which the code running on the server will read or submit data, and by carefully selecting the URLs, the attacker may be able to read server configuration such as AWS metadata, connect to internal services like HTTP enabled databases, or perform post requests towards internal services which are not intended to be exposed. This is fixed in version RELEASE.2021-01-30T00-20-58Z, all users are advised to upgrade. As a workaround you can disable the browser front-end with "MINIO_BROWSER=off" environment variable.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 2021-01-30t00-20-58zv < RELEASE.2021-01-30T00-20-58Z
Affected range stops below 2021-01-30t00-20-58z, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below RELEASE.2021-01-30T00-20-58Z, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

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CVSS

7.7HIGHGitHub_M
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-918

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