CVE-2026-45039
RustFS: Internode RPC HMAC secret falls back to public default credential, enabling peer impersonation
CVSS Score
9.8
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
13th
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.
| CWE | CWE-798 CWE-1392 |
| Vendor | rustfs |
| Product | rustfs |
| Published | May 28, 2026 |
| Last Updated | May 30, 2026 |
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CVSS v3 Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Affected Versions
rustfs / rustfs
< 1.0.0-beta.2