7.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
0.0005 Low
EPSS
Percentile
17.9%
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.com/samtools/htsjdk/commit/4a4024a97ee3e87096df6ad9b22c8260bd527772
github.com/samtools/htsjdk/pull/1617
launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2022-21126
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-21126
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-21126
security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-COMGITHUBSAMTOOLS-3149901
www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-21126