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CVE-2021-38553

4.4 mediumEPSS 0.3%

Medium (4.4) in hashicorp vault. EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Fixed in github.com/hashicorp/vault 1.8.0.

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

4.4 medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 19% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE
CWE-281
Published
Modified
Record from
the NVD, synced

Affected

Packages (OSV)

AdvisoryEcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
GHSA-23fq-q7hc-993rGogithub.com/hashicorp/vault>=1.4.0 <1.8.01.8.0
GO-2022-0620Gogithub.com/hashicorp/vault>=1.4.0 <1.8.01.8.0

References

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