Medium severity · published Oct 20, 2026
CVE-2026-113466
MinIO Embedded Console common-main.go SessionTokenAuthenticate hard-coded key
5.3
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A security vulnerability has been detected in MinIO up to RELEASE.2025-10-15T17-29-55Z. This issue affects the function globalDeploymentID/SessionTokenAuthenticate of the file cmd/common-main.go of the component Embedded Console. Such manipulation leads to use of hard-coded cryptographic key
. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used. This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 32% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MI
MinIO · Minio
RELEASE.2025-10-15T17-29-55Z · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-113466
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-113466
github.com
https://github.com/zast-ai/vulnerability-reports/blob/main/minio/unauth_admin_takeover.md
vuldb.com
https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-113466
vuldb.com
https://vuldb.com/submit/1004925
vuldb.com
https://vuldb.com/vuln/422691
vuldb.com
https://vuldb.com/vuln/422691/cti
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