CVE-2026-40937
Published:April 22, 2026
Updated:May 18, 2026
RustFS is a distributed object storage system built in Rust. Prior to 1.0.0-alpha.94, all four notification target admin API endpoints in "rustfs/src/admin/handlers/event.rs" use a "check_permissions" helper that validates authentication only (access key + session token), without performing any admin-action authorization via "validate_admin_request". Every other admin handler in the codebase correctly calls "validate_admin_request" with a specific "AdminAction". This is the only admin handler file that skips authorization. A non-admin user can overwrite a shared admin-defined notification target by name, causing subsequent bucket events to be delivered to an attacker-controlled endpoint. This enables cross-user event interception and audit evasion. 1.0.0-alpha.94 contains a patch.
Affected Packages
https://github.com/rustfs/rustfs.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=1.0.0-alpha.1 <1.0.0-alpha.94Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 1.0.0-alpha.94Related Resources (4)
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
8.7
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
LOW
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
8.3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
LOW
Weakness Type (CWE)
Missing Authorization
EPSS
Base Score:
0.07