{"answers":{"affected":"4 open source packages ship an affected version, including github.com/hashicorp/vault and vault. It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-38553 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Upgrade github.com/hashicorp/vault to 1.8.0 or later.","what":"CVE-2021-38553 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hashicorp Vault, published on 13 Aug 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2021-38553 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2021-38553 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hashicorp Vault, published on 13 Aug 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-38553 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected packages and fixed versions:\n- github.com/hashicorp/vault (Go): affected from 1.4.0; fixed in 1.8.0\n- github.com/hashicorp/vault (Go): affected from 1.4.0; fixed in 1.8.0\n- github.com/hashicorp/vault (Go): affected from 1.4.0; fixed in 1.8.0\n- vault (Bitnami): affected from 1.4.0; fixed in 1.8.0\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-38553/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-38553/index.md)","id":"CVE-2021-38553","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-38553/index.md","name":"CVE-2021-38553","record":{"aliases":["BIT-vault-2021-38553","GHSA-23fq-q7hc-993r","GO-2022-0620"],"analysis":{"component_type":"server_software","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["data_read"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":true,"product_category":"HashiCorp Vault","requires_auth":"high_privilege","summary":"Attackers with local access can read sensitive database files due to overly broad permissions in the Integrated Storage feature.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"misconfiguration"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"mitre","cpe":[{"product":"vault","vendor":"hashicorp"}],"cvss":{"score":4.4,"severity":"medium","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-281","name":"Improper Preservation of Permissions"}],"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.","ecosystems":["Bitnami","Go"],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"HashiCorp Vault underlying database had excessively broad filesystem permissions from v1.4.0 until v1.8.0","id":"CVE-2021-38553","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":"Bitnami","product":"hashicorp:vault","products":["hashicorp:vault"],"type":"misconfiguration","year":"2021"},"n_packages":4,"n_references":2,"next":{"headline":"Improper Removal of Sensitive Information Before Storage or Transfer in HashiCorp Vault","id":"CVE-2021-38554"},"packages":[{"ecosystem":"Bitnami","fixed":["1.8.0"],"introduced":["1.4.0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"vault","purl":"pkg:bitnami/vault","source":"BIT-vault-2021-38553"},{"ecosystem":"Go","fixed":["1.8.0"],"introduced":["1.4.0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"github.com/hashicorp/vault","purl":null,"source":"GHSA-23fq-q7hc-993r"},{"ecosystem":"Go","fixed":["1.8.0"],"introduced":["1.4.0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"github.com/hashicorp/vault","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/hashicorp/vault","source":"GHSA-23fq-q7hc-993r"},{"ecosystem":"Go","fixed":["1.8.0"],"introduced":["1.4.0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"github.com/hashicorp/vault","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/hashicorp/vault","source":"GO-2022-0620"}],"prev":{"headline":"Information disclosure in n/a","id":"CVE-2021-38549"},"products":["n/a"],"published":"2021-08-13","related":[{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Hardcoded credentials in n/a","id":"CVE-2020-35192","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2020-12-17"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Improper Input Validation in HashiCorp Vault","id":"CVE-2020-12757","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2020-06-10"},{"cvss_score":9.1,"headline":"Arbitrary Remote Code Execution via Plugin Catalog Abuse","id":"CVE-2025-6000","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-08-01"},{"cvss_score":9.1,"headline":"HashiCorp Vault vulnerable to incorrect metadata access","id":"CVE-2022-40186","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2022-09-22"},{"cvss_score":9.1,"headline":"Missing authorization in n/a","id":"CVE-2022-36129","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2022-07-26"},{"cvss_score":9.1,"headline":"HashiCorp Vault Improper Privilege Management","id":"CVE-2020-10661","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2020-03-23"},{"cvss_score":8.2,"headline":"Authentication Bypass by Spoofing and Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity in Hashicorp Vault","id":"CVE-2020-16250","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2020-08-26"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"Apache-2.0","name":"Bitnami","prefix":"BIT"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CC BY 4.0","name":"GitHub Advisory Database","prefix":"GHSA"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CC BY 4.0","name":"Go Vulnerability Database","prefix":"GO"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-08-04","vendors":["n/a"]},"summary":"Attackers with local access can read sensitive database files due to overly broad permissions in the Integrated Storage feature.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-38553/"}