CVE-2026-72920 (GCVE-0-2026-72920)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-11 14:23 – Updated: 2026-08-11 14:46
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
SeaweedFS: Unauthenticated filer IAM gRPC service grants S3 administrative control
Summary
SeaweedFS is a distributed storage system. Prior to 4.24, the filer registers the SeaweedIdentityAccessManagement gRPC service without mandatory authentication when jwt.filer_signing.key is unset, allowing any client that can reach the filer gRPC port to invoke CreateUser, CreateAccessKey, PutPolicy, and related IAM RPCs to mint credentials and gain S3 administrative control. This issue is fixed in versions 4.24.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-08-11 14:45 UTC
CWE
- CWE-306 - Missing Authentication for Critical Function
Assigner
References
4 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/security/a… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/pull/9442 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/commit/5e8… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/releases/t… | x_refsource_MISC |
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