CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2021-38599

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."

5 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 10 / Impact : 2.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope

7.5 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://github.com/wal-g/wal-g/commit/cadf598e1c2a345915a21a44518c5a4d5401e2e3 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/wal-g/wal-g/pull/1062 Patch Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:wal-g_project:wal-g:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2021-08-12 04:15

Updated : 2022-07-12 05:42

NVD link : CVE-2021-38599

Mitre link : CVE-2021-38599

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-754