CVE-2021-38599
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-38599
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-38599.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2021-38599
- Aliases
- Published
- 2021-08-12T16:15:10Z
- Modified
- 2026-10-20T10:54:54Z
- Severity
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- 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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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."
- References
Affected packages
Git / github.com/wal-g/wal-g
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/wal-g/wal-g
- Events
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Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedFixed
- Database specific
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Show details
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