PT-2021-22205 · Hashicorp · Vault Enterprise+1

Published 2021-08-13 · Updated 2024-08-21 · CVE-2021-38553

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise versions 1.4.0 through 1.7.3

Description The issue is related to the Integrated Storage feature in HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise, where an underlying database file is initialized with excessively broad filesystem permissions. This affects versions 1.4.0 through 1.7.3.

Recommendations For HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise versions 1.4.0 through 1.7.3, update to version 1.8.0 to resolve the issue.

Fix

Improper Preservation of Permissions

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-281

Related Identifiers

BIT-VAULT-2021-38553

CVE-2021-38553

GHSA-23FQ-Q7HC-993R

GO-2022-0620

Affected Products

Hashicorp Vault

Vault Enterprise

References · 11

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-23fq-q7hc-993r · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GO-2022-0620 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-38553 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38553 · Security Note
• https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2021-20-vault-s-integrated-storage-backend-database-file-may-have-excessively-broad-permissions/28168 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202207-01 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BIT-vault-2021-38553 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/hashicorp/vault · Note
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-23fq-q7hc-993r · Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/27316 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/34124 · Telegram Post