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CVE-2022-21126

HIGH CVSS: 7.3 Published: 2022-11-29 Modified: 2026-06-17

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.

Affected Platforms

Samtools Htsjdk

Weakness Type

CWE-668

References