CVE-2013-4259
MEDIUM4.0EPSS 0.05%Ansible uses a socket with predictable filename in /tmp
Published: 5/14/2022Modified: 4/28/2026
Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2013-4259
Description
runner/connection_plugins/ssh.py in Ansible before 1.2.3, when using ControlPersist, allows local users to redirect a ssh session via a symlink attack on a socket file with a predictable name in /tmp/.
Affected packages (3)
- Debian/ansiblefrom 0, < 1.3.4+dfsg-1
- PyPI/ansiblefrom 0, < 1.2.3
- PyPI/ansiblefrom 0, < 1.2.3
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM4.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
References (8)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4259
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4259
- PATCHhttps://github.com/ansible/ansible
- WEBhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=998223
- WEBhttps://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2013-1.yaml
- WEBhttps://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/ansible-project/UVDYW0HGcNg
- WEBhttps://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/ansible-project/UVDYW0HGcNg
- WEBhttp://www.ansible.com/security