CVE-2022-21126 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00059.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Samtools	Htsjdk

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:samtools:htsjdk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-7293	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.
Github GHSA	GHSA-96vh-4rfp-c42c	HTSJDK is vulnerable to exposure of resource(s) to the wrong sphere

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

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

History

Thu, 24 Apr 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: snyk

Published: 2022-11-29T16:50:19.233Z

Updated: 2025-04-24T18:34:51.291Z

Reserved: 2022-02-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-21126

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T02:31:59.646Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-11-29T17:15:11.043

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:43:57.067

Link: CVE-2022-21126

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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