CVE-2013-4260

low
Published 2013-09-16 · Modified 2023-11-08
CVSS v3
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS v2
3.3
VIR risk
3.3

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/.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/86898

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=998227

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://www.ansible.com/security

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4260

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianforkyfixed0
debian debiansidfixed0
debian debiantrixiefixed0
debian debianbullseyefixed0
debian debianbookwormfixed0

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
python PyPIansible>=1.2,<1.2.31.2.3
python PyPIansible>=1.2.0,<1.2.31.2.3

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
redhatansible1.2
redhatansible1.2.1
redhatansible1.2.2

References

CWEs

CWE-264

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.