{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ranges": [
        {
          "database_specific": {
            "versions": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              },
              {
                "fixed": "1.1"
              }
            ]
          },
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "cadf598e1c2a345915a21a44518c5a4d5401e2e3"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://github.com/wal-g/wal-g",
          "type": "GIT"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "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.\"",
  "id": "CVE-2021-38599",
  "modified": "2026-03-13T21:57:19.478176541Z",
  "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"
    }
  ],
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}