4.4

CVE-2021-38553: hashicorp vault Improper Preservation of Permissions

CVSS: 4.4v3.1MediumModified
AliasesGHSA-23fq-q7hc-993rBIT-vault-2021-38553GO-2022-0620
Published 13-08-2021Last modified 04-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2021-38553 is a medium (CVSS 4.4) Improper Preservation of Permissions vulnerability in hashicorp vault. EPSS estimates a 0.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 18.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
18/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.4/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.27%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 13-08-2021
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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 metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.27%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

18%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.27% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.27%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Github.com/hashicorp1 product
  • vault≥ 1.4.0, < 1.8.0
Hashicorp1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

References

5 links