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GHSA-96VH-4RFP-C42C

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-11-29 18:30 – Updated: 2022-12-02 22:21

Summary

HTSJDK is vulnerable to exposure of resource(s) to the wrong sphere

Details

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.

Severity

7.8 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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  "published": "2022-11-29T18:30:18Z",
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    },
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      "type": "WEB",
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    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/samtools/htsjdk/commit/4a4024a97ee3e87096df6ad9b22c8260bd527772"
    },
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      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/samtools/htsjdk"
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-COMGITHUBSAMTOOLS-3149901"
    }
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "HTSJDK is vulnerable to exposure of resource(s) to the wrong sphere"
}

CVE-2022-21126 (GCVE-0-2022-21126)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-11-29 16:50 – Updated: 2025-04-24 18:34

Title

Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Insecure Permissions

Summary

Severity

7.3 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

SSVC

Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-04-24 18:34 UTC

CWE

Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Insecure Permissions

Assigner

snyk mitre root

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-COMGITHUB…
https://github.com/samtools/htsjdk/commit/4a4024a…
https://github.com/samtools/htsjdk/pull/1617

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
n/a	com.github.samtools:htsjdk	Affected: unspecified , < 3.0.1 (custom)

Date Public

2022-11-29 00:00

Credits

Jonathan Leitschuh

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