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."
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2021-08-12T15:01:17

Updated: 2024-08-04T01:44:23.479Z

Reserved: 2021-08-12T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2021-38599

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2021-08-12T16:15:10.533

Modified: 2022-07-12T17:42:04.277

Link: CVE-2021-38599

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