SCA: security update for github.com/minio/minio (GHSA-xh8f-g2qw-gcm7)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 441237

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- MinIO is a high-performance object storage system. From RELEASE.2022-07-24T01-54-52Z to before
RELEASE.2026-04-14T21-32-45Z, A path traversal vulnerability in MinIO's ReadMultiple internode storage-
REST endpoint allows a caller holding the cluster root JWT to read files from outside the configured drive
roots, bounded only by the MinIO process UID. The attacker sends POST minio/storage/{drivePath}/v63/rmpl
with a msgpack-encoded body carrying ../ sequences in the Bucket field. The server opens the resulting
path via os.OpenFile with O_RDONLY|O_NOATIME and returns its contents in the msgpack response stream. This
vulnerability is fixed in RELEASE.2026-04-14T21-32-45Z. (CVE-2026-42600)

Solution

Update the github.com/minio/minio library and its related packages to version 0.0.0-20260414213245 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xh8f-g2qw-gcm7

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 441237

Version: Revision 1.6

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 5/6/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.72

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 4.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:M/C:C/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-42600

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Threat Score: 4.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/5/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/5/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-42600

cwe: CWE-22