Impact Score: 5/10
MinIO: Security Bug Fix Release
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Component: minio · Channel: stable. Automated analysis, not a compatibility certification. How this works.
Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.
⚡ Executive Summary (TL;DR)
MinIO RELEASE.2020-04-23T00-58-49Z. Source highlight: Critical security release to address authentication bypass issue in admin API. See (#9422) for more details. Please upgrade immediately. See here for specifc details.
Who Does This Impact? (Role-Based Analysis)
💻 Software Engineers & Devs
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📊 Product & Engineering Leads
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⚙️ DevOps & Security
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🔧 Bug Fixes & Patches (2)
- fix: Add missing return in admin requests auth (#9422) (04/22/20) (Anis Elleuch)
- fix: cacheReader.Close in all paths that don't return it. (#9418) (04/22/20) (Egon Elbre)
📄 View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
## Highlights
- Critical security release to address authentication bypass issue in admin API. See (#9422) for more details. Please upgrade immediately. See [here](https://github.com/minio/minio/security/advisories/GHSA-xv4r-vccv-mg4w) for specifc details.
- Call cleanup functions properly. See (#9417, #9418) for more details.
- Increase response header timeouts for gateway. See (#9400) for more details.
- Migrate mint tests to use latest versions. See (#9424) for more details.
## Changelog
- migrate mint tests to latest versions (#9424) (04/22/20) (Harshavardhana)
- fix: Add missing return in admin requests auth (#9422) (04/22/20) (Anis Elleuch)
- fix: cacheReader.Close in all paths that don't return it. (#9418) (04/22/20) (Egon Elbre)
- Call cleanup funcs when skip fails (#9417) (04/22/20) (Egon Elbre)
- Update server startup example to showcase local erasure code (#9407) (04/22/20) (Nitish Tiwari)
- Increase response header timeout for gateway (#9400) (04/21/20) (poornas)