CVE-2021-38599

HIGH

WAL-G <1.1 - Info Disclosure

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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."

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/wal-g/wal-g/pull/1062

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0017
EPSS Percentile 37.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-754
Status published
Products (2)
wal-g/wal-g 0 - 1.1Go
wal-g_project/wal-g < 1.1
Published Aug 12, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026