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CVE-2021-22572: Data-transfer-project information disclosure via tmp directory

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2022-03-29 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-377

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

Affected products

• Google LLC Data-Transfer-Project: before 0.3.57 — fixed in 0.3.57

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google LLC Data-Transfer-Project 0.3.57. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/JLLeitschuh/security-research/security/advisories/GHSA-22c6-wcjm-qfjg
• https://github.com/google/data-transfer-project/pull/969
• https://github.com/JLLeitschuh/security-research/security/advisories/GHSA-22c6-wcjm-qfjg
• https://github.com/google/data-transfer-project/pull/969

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