Bug 1995209 (CVE-2021-38553)

Summary:	CVE-2021-38553 vault: Underlying database file with excessively broad filesystem permissions
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Pedro Sampaio <psampaio>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Nobody <nobody>
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Priority:	low
Version:	unspecified	CC:	amctagga, etamir, gghezzo, gparvin, hchiramm, jarrpa, jburrell, jcantril, jwendell, kconner, madam, muagarwa, nbecker, rcernich, sostapov, stcannon, tnielsen, twalsh
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Doc Text:	A flaw was found in the Vault package. Affected versions of the HashiCorp Vault initialized an underlying database file associated with the Integrated Storage feature, which has excessively broad filesystem permissions.	Story Points:	---
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Last Closed:	2021-08-27 15:34:55 UTC	Type:	---
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Bug Depends On:	2169368
Bug Blocks:	1995210

Description Pedro Sampaio 2021-08-18 16:09:36 UTC

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.

References:

https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2021-20-vault-s-integrated-storage-backend-database-file-may-have-excessively-broad-permissions/28168

Comment 1 Product Security DevOps Team 2021-08-27 15:34:55 UTC

This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2021-38553