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CVE-2022-21126

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CVE-2022-21126

Published: Nov 29, 2022

Modified: Apr 24, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

7.3

HIGH

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.

VendorProductVersions

n/a

com.github.samtools:htsjdk

affected
unspecified - < 3.0.1

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

Low

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