GHSA-vrmr-f2qh-3hhf

Source

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vrmr-f2qh-3hhf

Import Source

https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2021/09/GHSA-vrmr-f2qh-3hhf/GHSA-vrmr-f2qh-3hhf.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-vrmr-f2qh-3hhf

Aliases

CVE-2021-38599

Published

2021-09-02T17:17:16Z

Modified

2026-09-10T03:49:08Z

Severity

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

Improper use of cryptographic key in wal-g

Details

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."

Database specific

{
    "cwe_ids":  [
        "CWE-922"
    ],
    "github_reviewed":  true,
    "github_reviewed_at":  "2021-08-30T17:30:36Z",
    "nvd_published_at":  "2021-08-12T16:15:00Z",
    "severity":  "HIGH"
}

References

Affected packages

Go / github.com/wal-g/wal-g

Package

Name: github.com/wal-g/wal-g; View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl: pkg:golang/github.com/wal-g/wal-g

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1.1

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2021/09/GHSA-vrmr-f2qh-3hhf/GHSA-vrmr-f2qh-3hhf.json"