VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2021-22572

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.13%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2022-03-29
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Description

On unix-like systems, the system temporary directory is shared between all users on that system. The root cause is File.createTempFile creates files in the the system temporary directory with world readable permissions. Any sensitive information written to theses files is visible to all other local users on unix-like systems. We recommend upgrading past commit https://github.com/google/data-transfer-project/pull/969

Weakness classification

  • cve-coordination@google.com: CWE-377
  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-668

Primary references