highVulnerability

GHSA-mm2q-qcmx-gw4w

## Summary `ListServiceAccount` (`GET /rustfs/admin/v3/list-service-accounts?user=<other>`) authorizes cross-user requests against `UpdateServiceAccountAdminAction` instead of `ListServiceAccountsAdminAction` at `rustfs/src/admin/handlers/service_account.rs:936`. The handler accepts the **wrong** admin action and rejects the **correct** one: - A user granted only `admin:UpdateServiceAccount` enumerates every service account in the cluster, including the root user's (HTTP 200, full metadata). - A user granted only `admin:ListServiceAccounts` — the permission name every IAM document treats as "list service accounts" — receives HTTP 403 AccessDenied on the same request. Because service account access keys act as the identifier a `UpdateServiceAccount` holder needs to rotate a secret, and the `UpdateServiceAccount` handler at `rustfs/src/admin/handlers/service_account.rs:489` performs no ownership check on the target access key, leaking those access keys lets a delegated "service account updater" role overwrite `root-sa-1`'s secret, authenticate as the root user's service account, and create a persistent backdoor admin with `admin:*` + `s3:*`. Proven live end-to-end against `rustfs/rustfs:latest` (1.0.0-alpha.91, revision `d4ea14c2`) — the same revision is byte-identical on current `origin/main`. ## Vulnerability Details - **Package:** `rustfs` (binary crate `rustfs`) - **Affected versions:** From `0a2411f` (the initial `service_account.rs` check-in on 2026-03-15) through current HEAD `90e584a`. The vulnerable line has never been touched. - **Fixed versions:** None - **Vulnerable file:** `rustfs/src/admin/handlers/service_account.rs` - **Vulnerable route:** `GET /rustfs/admin/v3/list-service-accounts?user=<other_user>` (`ListServiceAccount::call`) - **CWE:** CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization), chained with CWE-620 (Unverified Password Change) to reach CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management) - **CVSS (demonstrated chain to full admin):** `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N

Properties

ghsa_id
GHSA-mm2q-qcmx-gw4w
severity
high
summary
RustFS: ListServiceAccount authorizes against wrong admin action, enabling cross-user enumeration and root service account takeover
cve_id
GHSA-mm2q-qcmx-gw4w
is_ghsa_only
true
ghsa_published
2026-05-05T20:14:16Z
source_url
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mm2q-qcmx-gw4w
ghsa_updated
2026-05-05T20:14:17Z

Related Entities (4)

VULNERABLE_TO (1)

[Software]rust/rustfs

AFFECTS (1)

[Software]rust/rustfs

HAS_WEAKNESS (1)

[Weakness]Incorrect Authorization

REPORTED_BY (1)

[Source]GitHub Advisory Database

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