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CVE-2022-21126

Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Insecure Permissions

Published: Nov 29, 2022Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-668
NVD MITRE
7.3CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
0.7%
Top 51.8%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

The package com.github.samtools:htsjdk before 3.0.1 are vulnerable to Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Insecure Permissions due to the createTempDir() function in util/IOUtil.java not checking for the existence of the temporary directory before attempting to create it.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:LI:LA:L
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:LConfidentiality
Low
I:LIntegrity
Low
A:LAvailability
Low
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Weaknesses

CWE-668

Affected Products

htsjdksamtools
Library
OSS Libraries / generic-library
com.github.samtools:htsjdkn/a
com.github.samtools:htsjdkMavenOSS Libraries
samtoolsoss-projectUSOSS Libraries
mavenpackage-ecosystemOSS Libraries

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

https://github.com/samtools/htsjdk/commit/4a4024a97ee3e87096df6ad9b22c8260bd527772
github.com
https://github.com/samtools/htsjdk/pull/1617
github.com
https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-COMGITHUBSAMTOOLS-3149901
security.snyk.io
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Timeline

Published
Nov 29, 2022
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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