VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2021-38599

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability0.83%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2021-08-12
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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."

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-754

Primary references