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SCA: security update for github.com/hashicorp/vault (GHSA-23fq-q7hc-993r)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 408633

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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. (CVE-2021-38553)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-23fq-q7hc-993r

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 408633

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 1/26/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-38553

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 3.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/30/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/13/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-38553

cwe: CWE-281