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CVE-2021-22572

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5 EPSS 0.13% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2022-03-29 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5. It affects GitHub. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

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CVE
CVE-2021-22572
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.5
EPSS
0.13%
GitHub

Original NVD Description

On unix-like systems, the system temporary directory is shared between all users on that system. The root cause is File.createTempFile creates files in the the system temporary directory with world readable permissions. Any sensitive information written to theses files is visible to all other local users on unix-like systems. We recommend upgrading past commit https://github.com/google/data-transfer-project/pull/969

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