Impact Score: 5/10
MinIO: Security Bugfix 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.2021-10-13T00-23-17Z. Source highlight: Click here to download the latest version of MinIO.
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 (6)
- This release fixes a security issue that was found after the release RELEASE.2021-10-10T16-53-30Z. A security advisory has been published please read for more information.
- This release fixes policy statement incorrect de-duplication issue when there are many overlapping statements.
- Older objects written in `xl.json` would return '404' upon HeadObject, this release fixes this issue. Refer #13415
- Other miscellaneous fixes include improvements in loading IAM users, force delete on namespace now uses rename() for faster deletes, crashes in hard quota, elastic search index creation. Refer #13403 #13406 #13417 #13418
- fix: simplify loading IAM users to avoid using regular ListObjects() (#13392) (10/12/21) (Harshavardhana)
- fix: validate exclusivity with partNumber regardless of valid Range (#13418) (10/12/21) (Harshavardhana)
📄 View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
## Highlights
- Click [here](https://min.io/download) to download the latest version of MinIO.
- Click [here](https://min.io/pricing) for production support.
- This release fixes a security issue that was found after the release [RELEASE.2021-10-10T16-53-30Z](https://github.com/minio/minio/releases/tag/RELEASE.2021-10-10T16-53-30Z). A security advisory has been [published](https://github.com/minio/minio/security/advisories/GHSA-v64v-g97p-577c) please read for more information.
- This release fixes policy statement incorrect de-duplication [issue](https://github.com/minio/pkg/commit/f3ed8f0542a7237690305ddd2b07b9019e2ed7bc) when there are many overlapping statements.
- AssumeRoleWithCertificate() is turned-off by default, please follow our [documentation](https://github.com/minio/minio/blob/master/docs/sts/tls.md) on how to enable it for your deployment. Refer #13410
- Older objects written in `xl.json` would return '404' upon HeadObject, this release fixes this issue. Refer #13415
- Other miscellaneous fixes include improvements in loading IAM users, force delete on namespace now uses rename() for faster deletes, crashes in hard quota, elastic search index creation. Refer #13403 #13406 #13417 #13418
## Changelog
- update dependencies for minio/console and minio/pkg (10/12/21) (Harshavardhana)
- checkKeyValid() should return owner true for rootCreds (#13422) (10/12/21) (Harshavardhana)
- fix: simplify loading IAM users to avoid using regular ListObjects() (#13392) (10/12/21) (Harshavardhana)
- fix: validate exclusivity with partNumber regardless of valid Range (#13418) (10/12/21) (Harshavardhana)
- force delete should just use rename() (#13417) (10/12/21) (Harshavardhana)
- fix: do not overwrite error on fallback. (#13415) (10/11/21) (Harshavardhana)
- update mysql notification key length, character set and collation (#13414) (10/11/21) (Aditya Manthramurthy)
- fix: ignore empty values while parsing tlsEnabled value (10/11/21) (Harshavardhana)
- fix: enable AssumeRoleWithCertificate API only when asked (#13410) (10/11/21) (Harshavardhana)
- fix: allow service accounts for root credentials (#13412) (10/11/21) (Harshavardhana)
- fix: crash in hard quota enforcement (#13403) (10/11/21) (Harshavardhana)
- fix Elastic crash with no index (#13406) (10/11/21) (Klaus Post)