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VaultGHSA-23fq-q7hc-993r

HashiCorp Vault underlying database had excessively broad filesystem permissions from v1.4.0 until v1.8.0

Critical9.8CVE-2021-38553 · Published Aug 30, 2021 · updated Aug 21, 2024

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.

GitHub advisory

Affected versions

PackageAffectedFixed in
github.com/hashicorp/vault
Go
>= 1.4.0, < 1.8.01.8.0
Details and references
CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity from
GitHub (reviewed advisory)
Weakness
CWE-281
Also known as
BIT-vault-2021-38553, CVE-2021-38553, GO-2022-0620

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