Security advisory

{
  "id": "efd2f9d404ee81c8411c2b4992e48fdfd254e1966706a1ba9df2bd8990e59eea",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-38553",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2021-38553",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-38553",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2021-38553",
      "aliases": [
        "BIT-vault-2021-38553",
        "CVE-2021-38553",
        "GHSA-23fq-q7hc-993r",
        "GO-2022-0620"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/hashicorp/vault",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "d808ace758b9bac5c84a9634ffbfae43c5f5a3ad"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "82a99f14eb6133f99a975e653d4dac21c17505c7"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "1.4.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "1.8.0"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "1.4.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "1.8.0"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-38553.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:28.445314276Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "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"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2021-38553",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 432052,
  "published_at": "2021-08-13T16:15:08.08+00:00"
}