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htsjdk — security advisory
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.
- Products
- htsjdk
- Affected versions
- 2.0.1+dfsg.1-1, 2.18.2+dfsg-2, 2.23.0+dfsg-2, 2.24.1+dfsg-1, 2.8.1+dfsg-1, 2.8.1+dfsg-2, 3.0.5+dfsg-1, 3.0.5+dfsg-2, 4.0.2+dfsg-2, 4.1.0+dfsg-1, 4.1.3+dfsg-2, 4.3.0+dfsg-1, 5.0.0+dfsg-1
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2022-21126
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 00:55 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2022-21126
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Complete source record
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