Description
RustFS is a distributed object storage system built in Rust. Prior to 1.0.0-beta.2, the internode RPC layer authenticates every request with an HMAC-SHA256 signature using a shared secret. The function that produces this secret, get_shared_secret() in crates/ecstore/src/rpc/http_auth.rs, falls back to the public, source-tree-embedded DEFAULT_SECRET_KEY = "rustfsadmin" when neither the RUSTFS_RPC_SECRET environment variable nor the global S3 secret key has been configured. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.0.0-beta.2.
Published: 2026-05-28
Score: 9.8 Critical
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
AI Analysis

Analysis and contextual insights are available on OpenCVE Cloud.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

Additional remediation guidance may be available on OpenCVE Cloud.

Tracking

Sign in to view the affected projects.

Advisories

No advisories yet.

History

Sat, 30 May 2026 04:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 28 May 2026 21:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Rustfs
Rustfs rustfs
Vendors & Products Rustfs
Rustfs rustfs

Thu, 28 May 2026 19:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description RustFS is a distributed object storage system built in Rust. Prior to 1.0.0-beta.2, the internode RPC layer authenticates every request with an HMAC-SHA256 signature using a shared secret. The function that produces this secret, get_shared_secret() in crates/ecstore/src/rpc/http_auth.rs, falls back to the public, source-tree-embedded DEFAULT_SECRET_KEY = "rustfsadmin" when neither the RUSTFS_RPC_SECRET environment variable nor the global S3 secret key has been configured. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.0.0-beta.2.
Title RustFS: Internode RPC HMAC secret falls back to public default credential, enabling peer impersonation
Weaknesses CWE-1392
CWE-798
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-30T02:11:41.994Z

Reserved: 2026-05-08T18:07:27.341Z

Link: CVE-2026-45039

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-05-30T02:11:36.352Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-05-28T19:16:38.390

Modified: 2026-05-29T15:11:03.853

Link: CVE-2026-45039

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-05-28T20:45:26Z

Weaknesses