CVE-2021-38553

Published: Aug 13, 2021Modified: Jun 17, 2026

4.4

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability: 0.8 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

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 (2)

Products: Hashicorp: Vault

Hashicorp

1 product

Vault

Configuration A

2 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Hashicorp Vault	From 1.4.0 to 1.8.0
Hashicorp Vault	From 1.4.0 to 1.8.0

Related CWEs

CWE-281

Improper Preservation of Permissions

The product does not preserve permissions or incorrectly preserves permissions when copying, restoring, or sharing objects, which can cause them to have less restrictive permissions than intended.

References (4)

https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2021-20-vault-s-integrated-storage-backend-database-file-may-have-excessively-broad-permissions/28168

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202207-01

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2021-20-vault-s-integrated-storage-backend-database-file-may-have-excessively-broad-permissions/28168

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202207-01

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

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