CVE-2022-21126

PoC —

CVSS 3.1

7.8 high

EPSS

<1%p52

Published

Nov 29, 2022 (Nov 29, 2022)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

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.

Vendors: samtools
Products: htsjdk
Weakness: CWE-668
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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