CVE-2021-38553

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-38553
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-08-13 16:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-10-25 20:54:00 UTC
DescriptionHashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise 1.4.0 through 1.7.3 initialized an underlying database file associated with the Integrated Storage feature with excessively broad filesystem permissions. Fixed in Vault and Vault Enterprise 1.8.0.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-281

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Hashicorp Vault All All All All
Application Hashicorp Vault All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
HCSEC-2021-20 - Vault’s Integrated Storage Backend Database File May Have Excessively Broad Permissions - Security - HashiCorp Discuss MISC discuss.hashicorp.com
HashiCorp Vault: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202207-01) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 710575 Gentoo Linux HashiCorp Vault Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202207-01)
  • 983787 Go (go) Security Update for github.com/hashicorp/vault/ (GHSA-23fq-q7hc-993r)
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