Vulnerability · Published Aug 13, 2021 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2021-38553

Medium 4.4

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in the github.com/hashicorp/vault package (Go). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 19% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)4.4Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 80.6% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

HashiCorp 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.

Affected packages & fixed versions

Ecosystem	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
Go	github.com/hashicorp/vault	1.8.0	GHSA-23fq-q7hc-993r
Go	github.com/hashicorp/vault	1.8.0	GO-2022-0620

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2021-20-vault-s-integrated-storage-backend-database-file-may-have-excessively-broad-permissions/28168 x_refsource_MISC
GLSA-202207-01 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO