Security advisory

{
  "id": "9815ba181e131794fb984b693ebec856f1d7526d5f9cd5394746eae31acc4f9e",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-38599",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2021-38599",
    "summary": "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.\"",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-38599",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2021-38599",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2021-38599",
        "GHSA-vrmr-f2qh-3hhf"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/wal-g/wal-g",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "cadf598e1c2a345915a21a44518c5a4d5401e2e3"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:wal-g_project:wal-g:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "1.1"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "fixed": "cadf598e1c2a345915a21a44518c5a4d5401e2e3"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "v1.0",
            "v0.2.22",
            "v0.2.21",
            "v0.2.20",
            "v0.2.19",
            "v0.2.18",
            "v0.2.17",
            "v0.2.16",
            "v0.2.15",
            "v0.2.14a",
            "v0.2.14",
            "v0.2.13",
            "v0.2.12",
            "v0.2.11",
            "v0.2.10a",
            "v0.2.10",
            "v0.2.8",
            "v0.2.7",
            "v0.2.6",
            "v0.2.5",
            "v0.2.4",
            "v0.2.3",
            "v0.2.2",
            "v0.2.1",
            "v0.2.0",
            "v0.1.14",
            "v0.1.11",
            "v0.1.10",
            "v0.1.8",
            "v0.1.6",
            "v0.1.5",
            "v0.1.4",
            "v0.1.3",
            "v0.1.2",
            "v0.1.1",
            "v0.1.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-38599.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:54:54.782351421Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/wal-g/wal-g/commit/cadf598e1c2a345915a21a44518c5a4d5401e2e3",
        "https://github.com/wal-g/wal-g/pull/1062"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2021-38599",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 386448,
  "published_at": "2021-08-12T16:15:10.533+00:00"
}