CVE-2013-4260
N/A
Published: September 16, 2013 at 07:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:56 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorAnsible
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
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/.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (4)
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=998227VDB Entryx_refsource_XFVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/86898x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/ansible-project/UVDYW0HGcNgQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264
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