CVE-2022-21126

HIGH

Samtools Htsjdk < 3.0.1 - Exposure to Wrong Actor

Title source: rule

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.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.3
EPSS 0.0024
EPSS Percentile 47.4%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Classification

CWE
CWE-668
Status published

Affected Products (2)

samtools/htsjdk < 3.0.1
com.github.samtools/htsjdk < 3.0.1Maven

Timeline

Published Nov 29, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026