Allocation of File Descriptors or Handles Without Limits or Throttling Affecting minio-fips package, versions *
Threat Intelligence
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- published28 Apr 2026
- disclosed26 Jun 2018
Introduced: 26 Jun 2018
CVE-2018-1000538 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
There is no fixed version for Minimos:latest minio-fips.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream minio-fips package and not the minio-fips package as distributed by Minimos.
See How to fix? for Minimos:latest relevant fixed versions and status.
Minio Inc. Minio S3 server version prior to RELEASE.2018-05-16T23-35-33Z contains a Allocation of Memory Without Limits or Throttling (similar to CWE-774) vulnerability in write-to-RAM that can result in Denial of Service. This attack appear to be exploitable via Sending V4-(pre)signed requests with large bodies . This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in after commit 9c8b7306f55f2c8c0a5c7cea9a8db9d34be8faa7.
References
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-1000538
- https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MINI-vc98-jcw3-4wgp
- https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-1000538
- https://github.com/minio/minio/commit/9c8b7306f55f2c8c0a5c7cea9a8db9d34be8faa7#diff-e8c3bc9bc83b5516d0cc806cd461d08bL220
- https://github.com/minio/minio/pull/5957