What is GHSA-vrmr-f2qh-3hhf?

GHSA-vrmr-f2qh-3hhf is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. Improper use of cryptographic key in wal-g

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-vrmr-f2qh-3hhf cover?

GHSA-vrmr-f2qh-3hhf covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2021-38599. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-vrmr-f2qh-3hhf?

GHSA-vrmr-f2qh-3hhf has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

Which products are affected by GHSA-vrmr-f2qh-3hhf?

GHSA-vrmr-f2qh-3hhf affects 1 product, including: go/github.com/wal-g/wal-g:\u003c 1.1.

GHSA-vrmr-f2qh-3hhfHighCVSS 7.5

Improper use of cryptographic key in wal-g

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

September 2, 2021

Last Modified

February 1, 2023

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2021-38599 →

📋 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."

🎯 Affected products1

go/github.com/wal-g/wal-g:< 1.1

🔗 References (5)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38599
https://github.com/wal-g/wal-g/pull/1062
https://github.com/wal-g/wal-g/commit/cadf598e1c2a345915a21a44518c5a4d5401e2e3
https://github.com/wal-g/wal-g/releases/tag/v1.1
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vrmr-f2qh-3hhf