CVE-2022-21126

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Summary

CVECVE-2022-21126
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-11-29 17:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-12-01 21:08:00 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-668

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Samtools Htsjdk All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fix Temporary Directory Hijacking or Information Disclosure Vulnerability by JLLeitschuh · Pull Request #1617 · samtools/htsjdk · GitHub MISC github.com
Fix temporary directory hijacking or temporary directory information … · samtools/htsjdk@4a4024a · GitHub MISC github.com
Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Insecure Permissions in com.github.samtools:htsjdk | CVE-2022-21126 | Snyk MISC security.snyk.io
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Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

LEGACY: Jonathan Leitschuh

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