Data-transfer-project information disclosure via tmp directory
Priority LOW 24CWE-377Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-668 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
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
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00133 2nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Data-Transfer-Project (Google LLC): 0.3.57
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Data-Transfer-Project (Google LLC) Fixed in 0.3.57
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-22572
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hggf-qxmm-f4vw
References
Sources
- CVE-2021-22572 · CVE Program
- CVE-2021-22572 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-hggf-qxmm-f4vw · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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