CVE-2021-41266: Missing Authentication for Critical Function

November 15, 2021 (updated November 19, 2021)

Minio console is a graphical user interface for the for MinIO operator.Users unable to upgrade should add automountServiceAccountToken: false to the operator-console deployment in Kubernetes so no service account token will get mounted inside the pod, then disable the external identity provider authentication by unset the CONSOLE_IDP_URL, CONSOLE_IDP_CLIENT_ID, CONSOLE_IDP_SECRET and CONSOLE_IDP_CALLBACK environment variable and instead use the Kubernetes service account token.

References

github.com/minio/console/pull/1217
github.com/minio/console/security/advisories/GHSA-4999-659w-mq36
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-41266

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