CVE-2022-21126

Published Nov 29, 2022

Last updated 2 years ago

Overview

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.
Source: report@snyk.io
NVD status: Analyzed

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type: Primary
Base score: 7.8
Impact score: 5.9
Exploitability score: 1.8
Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity: HIGH

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-668

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:samtools:htsjdk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "33B69CF9-290D-415B-90F3-E5232574726B",
            "versionEndExcluding": "3.0.1"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References