CVE-2021-38553
published 2021-08-13CVE-2021-38553: HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise 1.4.0 through 1.7.3 initialized an underlying database file associated with the Integrated Storage feature with…
PriorityP414medium4.4CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRHUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
0.27%
18.6th percentile
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
2 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| github.com | hashicorp_vault | >= 1.4.0 < 1.8.0 | 1.8.0 |
| hashicorp | vault | >= 1.4.0 < 1.8.0 | 1.8.0 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.14.4MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvdv2.02.1LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
vendor_redhat4.4MEDIUM
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OSV
HashiCorp Vault underlying database had excessively broad filesystem permissions from v1.4.0 until v1.8.0 in github.com/hashicorp/vault
osv·2024-08-21
CVE-2021-38553 HashiCorp Vault underlying database had excessively broad filesystem permissions from v1.4.0 until v1.8.0 in github.com/hashicorp/vault
HashiCorp Vault underlying database had excessively broad filesystem permissions from v1.4.0 until v1.8.0 in github.com/hashicorp/vault
HashiCorp Vault underlying database had excessively broad filesystem permissions from v1.4.0 until v1.8.0 in github.com/hashicorp/vault
OSV
HashiCorp Vault underlying database had excessively broad filesystem permissions from v1.4.0 until v1.8.0
osv·2021-08-30
CVE-2021-38553 [CRITICAL] HashiCorp Vault underlying database had excessively broad filesystem permissions from v1.4.0 until v1.8.0
HashiCorp Vault underlying database had excessively broad filesystem permissions from v1.4.0 until v1.8.0
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.
GHSA
HashiCorp Vault underlying database had excessively broad filesystem permissions from v1.4.0 until v1.8.0
ghsa·2021-08-30
CVE-2021-38553 [CRITICAL] CWE-281 HashiCorp Vault underlying database had excessively broad filesystem permissions from v1.4.0 until v1.8.0
HashiCorp Vault underlying database had excessively broad filesystem permissions from v1.4.0 until v1.8.0
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.
Red Hat
vault: Underlying database file with excessively broad filesystem permissions
vendor_redhat·2021-08-13·CVSS 4.4
CVE-2021-38553 [MEDIUM] CWE-276 vault: Underlying database file with excessively broad filesystem permissions
vault: Underlying database file with excessively broad filesystem permissions
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.
A flaw was found in the Vault package. Affected versions of the HashiCorp Vault initialized an underlying database file associated with the Integrated Storage feature, which has excessively broad filesystem permissions.
Statement: Only Vault clusters utilizing Integrated Storage are affected.
Package: openshift-logging/logging-loki-rhel9 (Logging Subsystem for Red Hat OpenShift) - Not affected
Package: servicemesh (OpenShift Service Mesh 2.0) - Not affected
Package: vault (Red
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
No writeups or analysis indexed.
https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2021-20-vault-s-integrated-storage-backend-database-file-may-have-excessively-broad-permissions/28168https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202207-01https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2021-20-vault-s-integrated-storage-backend-database-file-may-have-excessively-broad-permissions/28168https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202207-01
2021-08-13
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