What is CVE-2021-22572?

CVE-2021-22572 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Data Transfer Project, classified under Insecure Temporary File. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2022-03-29.

How severe is CVE-2021-22572?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Google Data Transfer Project

CVE-2021-22572

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

EPSS: 0.001 (3.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Google Data_transfer_project
Google Llc Data-transfer-project — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

cve-coordination@google.com (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve-coordination@google.com (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-22572?: CVE-2021-22572 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Data Transfer Project, classified under Insecure Temporary File. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2022-03-29.
How severe is CVE-2021-22572?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.