CVE-2013-4260
Ansible Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerability
6.2
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.08%
Description
lib/ansible/playbook/__init__.py in Ansible 1.2.x before 1.2.3, when playbook does not run due to an error, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a retry file with a predictable name in /var/tmp/ansible/.
How to fix CVE-2013-4260
To remediate CVE-2013-4260, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- PyPI/ansible—upgrade to 1.2.3 or later
- —upgrade to 1.2.3 or later
Is CVE-2013-4260 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- >= 1.2, < 1.2.3
- >= 1.2.0, < 1.2.3
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |