{"cve":"CVE-2021-38553","nvd":{"published":"2021-08-13T16:15:08.080","modified":"2026-06-17T04:02:20.970","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":4.4},"cwes":["CWE-281"],"references":["https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2021-20-vault-s-integrated-storage-backend-database-file-may-have-excessively-broad-permissions/28168","https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202207-01","https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2021-20-vault-s-integrated-storage-backend-database-file-may-have-excessively-broad-permissions/28168","https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202207-01"],"products":["hashicorp:vault"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:21:57.125947417+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2021-38553","score":0.00271,"percentile":0.19379,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-23fq-q7hc-993r","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-23fq-q7hc-993r","summary":"HashiCorp Vault underlying database had excessively broad filesystem permissions from v1.4.0 until v1.8.0","modified":"2024-08-21T15:26:58.574030Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/hashicorp/vault","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/hashicorp/vault","ranges":[">=1.4.0 <1.8.0"],"fixed":["1.8.0"]}]},{"id":"GO-2022-0620","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GO-2022-0620","summary":"HashiCorp Vault underlying database had excessively broad filesystem permissions from v1.4.0 until v1.8.0 in github.com/hashicorp/vault","modified":"2026-03-03T04:50:46.238231Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/hashicorp/vault","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/hashicorp/vault","ranges":[">=1.4.0 <1.8.0"],"fixed":["1.8.0"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}