CVE-2026-45039

Critical

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.

SeverityCritical
CVSS9.8
Exploit probability—
ProductRustfs
PublishedMay 28, 2026
First seenMay 28, 2026

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

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ProductAffected versionsFixed in
rustfs rustfs< 1.0.0-beta.2—

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