CVE-2021-38553
MEDIUM
4.4
CVSS Score
Published: August 13, 2021 at 03:48 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:02 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorVault
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Severity
MEDIUM4.4
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
Description
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
1.4.0 ≤ v < 1.8.0
Affected range stops below 1.8.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (2)
x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2021-20-vault-s-integrated-storage-backend-database-file-may-have-excessively-broad-permissions/28168Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202207-01CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- HIGH
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-281
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