CVE-2011-2185
fabfile fabric: no CVSS score yet. EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Fixed in fabric 1.1.0.
Fabric before 1.1.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) a /tmp/fab.*.tar file or (2) certain other files in the top level of /tmp/.
- EPSS
- 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 26% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-59
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- fabfile:fabric
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-xwg2-qc6c-7c3q | PyPI | fabric | <1.1.0 | 1.1.0 |
| PYSEC-2026-808 | PyPI | fabric | <1.1.0 | 1.1.0 |
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=629003
- http://code.fabfile.org/projects/fabric/files/Fabric-1.1.0.tar.gz
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-July/062534.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/03/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/06/12