What is CVE-2021-38553?

CVE-2021-38553 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hashicorp Vault, classified under Improper Preservation of Permissions. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2021-08-13.

How severe is CVE-2021-38553?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Hashicorp Vault

CVE-2021-38553

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.

EPSS: 0.003 (19.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Hashicorp Vault
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-281 — Improper Preservation of Permissions

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-38553?: CVE-2021-38553 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hashicorp Vault, classified under Improper Preservation of Permissions. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2021-08-13.
How severe is CVE-2021-38553?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.