CVE-2021-38553

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    CVE-2021-38553

    Published: 13 Aug 2021Last Modified: 9 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2021-20-vault-s-integrated-storage-backend-database-file-may-have-excessively-broad-permissions/28168, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202207-01

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- d808ace758b9bac5c84a9634ffbfae43c5f5a3ad
    Fixed -82a99f14eb6133f99a975e653d4dac21c17505c7

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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