CVE-2021-38553

low-risk
Published 2021-08-13

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.

Do I need to act?

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0.03% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 4.4/10 Medium
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (2)

Affected Vendors

Hashicorp

References (4)

Vendor Advisory https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2021-20-vault-s-integrated-storage-backend...
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202207-01
Vendor Advisory https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2021-20-vault-s-integrated-storage-backend...
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202207-01
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low-risk
Severity 15/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal
Exposure 7/34 · Low