brew-ansible@9-cve-2013-4260
Vulnerability from osv_homebrew
Published
2026-08-13 16:35
Modified
2026-09-09 23:41
Summary
Ansible Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerability
Details
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/.
Severity
6.2 (Medium)
References
{
"affected": [
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
"fix": "bump",
"range_state": "fixed",
"upstream_fixed_in": "1.2.3"
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Homebrew",
"name": "ansible@9",
"purl": "pkg:brew/ansible%409"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "9.13.0_4"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
}
],
"database_specific": {
"confidence": "high",
"source": "matched",
"strategy": "registry",
"upstream_evidence": [
{
"ecosystem": "PyPI",
"key": "pkg:pypi/ansible@9.13.0",
"name": "ansible",
"strategy": "registry",
"subject_version": "9.13.0"
}
]
},
"details": "`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/`.",
"id": "BREW-ansible@9-CVE-2013-4260",
"modified": "2026-09-09T23:41:06Z",
"published": "2026-08-13T16:35:22Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4260"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/d5948d59fc863fcec6efa62fa2791928ffc5a6d1"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=998227"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/86898"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/ansible/ansible"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2013-2.yaml"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/ansible-project/UVDYW0HGcNg"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.ansible.com/security"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.7.3",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
"type": "CVSS_V4"
}
],
"summary": "Ansible Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerability",
"upstream": [
"GHSA-pcqv-c46v-2p4v",
"CVE-2013-4260",
"PYSEC-2013-2"
]
}
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