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CVE-2013-0262
rack/file.rb (Rack::File) in Rack 1.5.x before 1.5.2 and 1.4.x before 1.4.5 allows attackers to access arbitrary files outside the…
Medium4.3EPSS 2.9%
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- redhat
Description
rack/file.rb (Rack::File) in Rack 1.5.x before 1.5.2 and 1.4.x before 1.4.5 allows attackers to access arbitrary files outside the intended root directory via a crafted PATH_INFO environment variable, probably a directory traversal vulnerability that is remotely exploitable, aka "symlink path traversals."
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.9% · top 13% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- RubyGemsrackGHSA-85r7-w5mv-c849 (opens in a new tab)
References (10)
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21msg/rack-devel/mZsuRonD7G8/DpZIOmMLbOgJ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://gist.github.com/rentzsch/4736940 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 52033 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://rack.github.com/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=909071 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21msg/rack-devel/bf937jPZxJM/1s6x95vIhmAJ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/rack/rack/commit/6f237e4c9fab649d3750482514f0fde76c56ab30 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2013:0462 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://github.com/rack/rack/blob/master/lib/rack/file.rb#L56 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=909072 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-85r7-w5mv-c849 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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