Vulnerability

CVE-2023-28432

High· 7.5KEVEXPLOITCVSS7.5EPSS94%

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MinIO Information Disclosure Vulnerability

MinIO contains a vulnerability in a cluster deployment where MinIO returns all environment variables, which allows for information disclosure.

Threat signal

100/100

Severe

Severity

high

CVSS

7.5

EPSS

94%

Active

KEV

CISA KEV — actively exploited

1128d overdue

AffectedMinIO — MinIO

Added to KEV

2023-04-21

Federal patch due (BOD 22-01)

2023-05-12

Required action (CISA verbatim)

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Vendor advisory + references

CISA description: “MinIO contains a vulnerability in a cluster deployment where MinIO returns all environment variables, which allows for information disclosure.”

CVSS

v3.1Open in FIRST calculator →

7.5/ 10HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack VectorNetworkExploitable remotely over the internet — no local access needed.
Attack ComplexityLowNo special conditions — exploit works reliably.
Privileges RequiredNoneUnauthenticated — no credentials needed.
User InteractionNoneFully automated — no victim action needed.
ScopeUnchangedImpact contained to the vulnerable component.
Confidentiality ImpactHighTotal disclosure of sensitive data.
Integrity ImpactNoneNo integrity impact.
Availability ImpactNoneNo availability impact.

EPSS

Exploit prediction · 30-day horizonFIRST.org →

94.0%

probability of exploitation in next 30 days

p100

higher than 100% of all CVEs

3-day trend↑ 0pp

Statistically about to be weaponized — top-tier triage urgency.

Vendor VEX

No VEX statements published for CVE-2023-28432. Vendors publish VEX (Vulnerability Exploitability eXchange) to assert per-product whether a CVE is actually exploitable in their distribution.

SSVCAct

Active exploitation with total impact on essential/support systems

exploitation: active
automatable: no
impact: total
mission: support

Lifecycle

2023-04-21Added to CISA KEVransomware: Unknown
2023-04-21Public exploit observedmetasploit
2023-04-21Published
2023-05-12Federal patch due (BOD 22-01)
2026-06-12Last modified1 source

No source-event history recorded yet. New revisions will appear here as ingestors re-fetch this CVE.