Vulnerability Details CVE-2021-38599
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."
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.002
EPSS Ranking 43.7%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 7.5
CVSS v2 Score 5.0
Products affected by CVE-2021-38599
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cpe:2.3:a:wal-g_project:wal-g:-
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cpe:2.3:a:wal-g_project:wal-g:0.1.0
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cpe:2.3:a:wal-g_project:wal-g:0.1.1
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cpe:2.3:a:wal-g_project:wal-g:0.1.10
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cpe:2.3:a:wal-g_project:wal-g:0.1.11
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cpe:2.3:a:wal-g_project:wal-g:0.1.12
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cpe:2.3:a:wal-g_project:wal-g:0.1.13
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cpe:2.3:a:wal-g_project:wal-g:0.1.14
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cpe:2.3:a:wal-g_project:wal-g:0.1.15
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cpe:2.3:a:wal-g_project:wal-g:0.1.16
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cpe:2.3:a:wal-g_project:wal-g:0.1.17
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cpe:2.3:a:wal-g_project:wal-g:0.1.2
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cpe:2.3:a:wal-g_project:wal-g:0.1.3
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cpe:2.3:a:wal-g_project:wal-g:0.1.4
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cpe:2.3:a:wal-g_project:wal-g:0.1.5
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cpe:2.3:a:wal-g_project:wal-g:0.1.6
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cpe:2.3:a:wal-g_project:wal-g:0.1.7
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cpe:2.3:a:wal-g_project:wal-g:0.1.8
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cpe:2.3:a:wal-g_project:wal-g:0.1.9
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cpe:2.3:a:wal-g_project:wal-g:0.2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:wal-g_project:wal-g:0.2.1
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cpe:2.3:a:wal-g_project:wal-g:0.2.10
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cpe:2.3:a:wal-g_project:wal-g:0.2.10a
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cpe:2.3:a:wal-g_project:wal-g:0.2.11
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cpe:2.3:a:wal-g_project:wal-g:0.2.12
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cpe:2.3:a:wal-g_project:wal-g:0.2.13
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cpe:2.3:a:wal-g_project:wal-g:0.2.14
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cpe:2.3:a:wal-g_project:wal-g:0.2.14a
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cpe:2.3:a:wal-g_project:wal-g:0.2.15
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cpe:2.3:a:wal-g_project:wal-g:0.2.16
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cpe:2.3:a:wal-g_project:wal-g:0.2.17
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cpe:2.3:a:wal-g_project:wal-g:0.2.18
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cpe:2.3:a:wal-g_project:wal-g:0.2.19
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cpe:2.3:a:wal-g_project:wal-g:0.2.2
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cpe:2.3:a:wal-g_project:wal-g:0.2.20
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cpe:2.3:a:wal-g_project:wal-g:0.2.21
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cpe:2.3:a:wal-g_project:wal-g:0.2.22
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cpe:2.3:a:wal-g_project:wal-g:0.2.3
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cpe:2.3:a:wal-g_project:wal-g:0.2.4
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cpe:2.3:a:wal-g_project:wal-g:0.2.5
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cpe:2.3:a:wal-g_project:wal-g:0.2.6
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cpe:2.3:a:wal-g_project:wal-g:0.2.7
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cpe:2.3:a:wal-g_project:wal-g:0.2.8
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cpe:2.3:a:wal-g_project:wal-g:0.2.9
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cpe:2.3:a:wal-g_project:wal-g:1.0