CVE-2013-4259
LOW · CVSS 1.9EPSS 0.3%EU EUVD
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/.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 1.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 0.3% (27th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2013-0001)
- Published
- September 16, 2013
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2013-0001 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- redhat / ansible
References
- http://www.ansible.com/security(Vendor Advisory)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=998223(Issue Tracking, Patch)
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/ansible-project/UVDYW0HGcNg
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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