VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2022-21126

CVSS score7.3 HIGH
EPSS probability0.75%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2022-11-29
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

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.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-668

Primary references