{"cve":"CVE-2013-4259","nvd":{"published":"2013-09-16T19:14:39.020","modified":"2026-06-16T23:56:54.570","status":"Modified","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/.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-264"],"references":["http://www.ansible.com/security","https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=998223","https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/ansible-project/UVDYW0HGcNg","http://www.ansible.com/security","https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=998223"],"products":["redhat:ansible"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:29:16.037019470+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2013-4259","score":0.00342,"percentile":0.27692,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-fj24-ghp9-39v3","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-fj24-ghp9-39v3","summary":"Ansible uses a socket with predictable filename in /tmp","modified":"2024-09-04T20:05:01.052910Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"ansible","purl":"pkg:pypi/ansible","ranges":["<1.2.3"],"fixed":["1.2.3"]}]},{"id":"PYSEC-2013-1","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PYSEC-2013-1","summary":"","modified":"2026-06-10T17:00:10.424907437Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"ansible","purl":"pkg:pypi/ansible","ranges":["<1.2.3"],"fixed":["1.2.3"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}