CVE-2013-4260

LowCVSS 3.3/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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/.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 3.3/10AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-264

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://www.ansible.com/securityVendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=998227Issue Tracking, Patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/86898VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/ansible-project/UVDYW0HGcNg
http://www.ansible.com/securityVendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=998227Issue Tracking, Patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/86898VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/ansible-project/UVDYW0HGcNg

Timeline

Published: Sep 16, 2013
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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