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SCA: security update for Ansible (GHSA-fj24-ghp9-39v3)

low Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 433015

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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/.
 (CVE-2013-4259)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fj24-ghp9-39v3

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 433015

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/11/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Low

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.9

Temporal Score: 1.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-4259

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Threat Score: 0.5

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/14/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/21/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-4259

BID: 62137

cwe: CWE-330