{
"id": "GHSA-vrmr-f2qh-3hhf",
"aliases": [
"CVE-2021-38599"
],
"details": "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.\"",
"summary": "Improper use of cryptographic key in wal-g",
"affected": [
{
"ranges": [
{
"type": "ECOSYSTEM",
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "1.1"
}
]
}
],
"package": {
"name": "github.com/wal-g/wal-g",
"ecosystem": "Go"
}
}
],
"modified": "2021-08-30T17:30:36Z",
"severity": [
{
"type": "CVSS_V3",
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
}
],
"published": "2021-09-02T17:17:16Z",
"references": [
{
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38599",
"type": "ADVISORY"
},
{
"url": "https://github.com/wal-g/wal-g/pull/1062",
"type": "WEB"
},
{
"url": "https://github.com/wal-g/wal-g/commit/cadf598e1c2a345915a21a44518c5a4d5401e2e3",
"type": "WEB"
},
{
"url": "https://github.com/wal-g/wal-g",
"type": "PACKAGE"
},
{
"url": "https://github.com/wal-g/wal-g/releases/tag/v1.1",
"type": "WEB"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-922"
],
"severity": "HIGH",
"github_reviewed": true,
"nvd_published_at": "2021-08-12T16:15:00Z",
"github_reviewed_at": "2021-08-30T17:30:36Z"
}
}