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GHSA-7ppg-37fh-vcr6: Milvus: Unauthenticated Access to Restful API on Metrics Port (9091) Leads to Critical System Compromise

February 11, 2026

Milvus exposes TCP port 9091 by default with two critical authentication bypass vulnerabilities:

  1. The /expr debug endpoint uses a weak, predictable default authentication token derived from etcd.rootPath (default: by-dev), enabling arbitrary expression evaluation.
  2. The full REST API (/api/v1/*) is registered on the metrics/management port without any authentication, allowing unauthenticated access to all business operations including data manipulation and credential management.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-7ppg-37fh-vcr6
  • github.com/milvus-io/milvus
  • github.com/milvus-io/milvus/releases/tag/v2.5.27
  • github.com/milvus-io/milvus/releases/tag/v2.6.10
  • github.com/milvus-io/milvus/security/advisories/GHSA-7ppg-37fh-vcr6

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions before 2.5.27, all versions starting from 2.6.0 before 2.6.10

Fixed versions

  • 2.5.27
  • 2.6.10

Solution

Upgrade to versions 2.5.27, 2.6.10 or above.

Impact 9.8 CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Weakness

  • CWE-1188: Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure Default
  • CWE-306: Missing Authentication for Critical Function
  • CWE-749: Exposed Dangerous Method or Function

Source file

go/github.com/milvus-io/milvus/GHSA-7ppg-37fh-vcr6.yml

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