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CVE-2021-38599

HIGH

7.5

Description

WAL-G before 1.1, when a non-libsodium build (e.g., one of the official binary releases published as GitHub Releases) is used, silently ignores the libsodium encryption key and uploads cleartext backups. This is arguably a Principle of Least Surprise violation because "the user likely wanted to encrypt all file activity."

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score7.5

SeverityHIGH

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published8/12/2021

Last Modified11/21/2024

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

wal-g_project:wal-g

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-754

References

https://github.com/wal-g/wal-g/commit/cadf598e1c2a345915a21a44518c5a4d5401e2e3(cve@mitre.org)

https://github.com/wal-g/wal-g/pull/1062(cve@mitre.org)

https://github.com/wal-g/wal-g/commit/cadf598e1c2a345915a21a44518c5a4d5401e2e3(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://github.com/wal-g/wal-g/pull/1062(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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