CVE-2021-38599

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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."

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-754

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Aug 12, 2021
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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