Excessively Broad Filesystem Permissions in HashiCorp Vault's Integrated Storage
CVE-2021-38553

4.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Hashicorp
Status
Vault
Vendor
CVE Published:
13 August 2021

What is CVE-2021-38553?

HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise versions 1.4.0 through 1.7.3 are affected by a vulnerability that allows excessively broad filesystem permissions on the underlying database file associated with the Integrated Storage feature. This misconfiguration can lead to unauthorized access to sensitive data. The issue has been resolved in Vault and Vault Enterprise version 1.8.0.

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References

https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2021-20-vault-s-int...
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https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202207-01
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
4.4
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
High
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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