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CVE-2013-4259
runner/connection_plugins/ssh.py in Ansible before 1.2.3, when using ControlPersist, allows local users to redirect a ssh session via a…
Low1.9EPSS 0.34%
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- redhat
Description
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/.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low1.9 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.34% · top 72% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 1.9.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- PyPIansibleGHSA-fj24-ghp9-39v3 (opens in a new tab)
References (3)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=998223 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/ansible-project/UVDYW0HGcNg (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.ansible.com/security (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-fj24-ghp9-39v3 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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