{"id":"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.\"","aliases":["GHSA-vrmr-f2qh-3hhf"],"modified":"2026-04-10T04:37:51.209069Z","published":"2021-08-12T16:15:10.533Z","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"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://github.com/wal-g/wal-g","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"cadf598e1c2a345915a21a44518c5a4d5401e2e3"}],"database_specific":{"versions":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.1"}]}}],"versions":["v0.1.0","v0.1.1","v0.1.10","v0.1.11","v0.1.14","v0.1.2","v0.1.3","v0.1.4","v0.1.5","v0.1.6","v0.1.8","v0.2.0","v0.2.1","v0.2.10","v0.2.10a","v0.2.11","v0.2.12","v0.2.13","v0.2.14","v0.2.14a","v0.2.15","v0.2.16","v0.2.17","v0.2.18","v0.2.19","v0.2.2","v0.2.20","v0.2.21","v0.2.22","v0.2.3","v0.2.4","v0.2.5","v0.2.6","v0.2.7","v0.2.8","v1.0"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-38599.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"}]}