{"id":"CVE-2021-38599","aliases":["GHSA-vrmr-f2qh-3hhf"],"url":"https://o3.security/vulnerability/CVE-2021-38599","summary":"Improper use of cryptographic key in wal-g","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.\"","published":"2021-08-12T16:15:10.533Z","modified":"2026-07-09T05:45:13.570394Z","cvss":{"score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"epss":null,"cisaKev":null,"exploitsKnown":0,"affectedPackages":[{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/wal-g/wal-g","fixedVersion":"1.1"}],"fix":{"url":"https://github.com/wal-g/wal-g/commit/cadf598e1c2a345915a21a44518c5a4d5401e2e3","label":"wal-g/wal-g@cadf598"},"references":[{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/wal-g/wal-g/commit/cadf598e1c2a345915a21a44518c5a4d5401e2e3"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/wal-g/wal-g/pull/1062"}],"provenance":{"sources":["OSV.dev","FIRST.org (EPSS)"],"lastVerified":"2026-07-09T05:45:13.570394Z"}}