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Vulnerability details: VCID-35e6-cpn8-w7h1
Vulnerability ID VCID-35e6-cpn8-w7h1
Aliases CVE-2013-0262
GHSA-85r7-w5mv-c849
OSV-89938
Summary Symlink path traversal in Rack::File Affected versions 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."
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.2
Risk 3.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
generic_textual MODERATE http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-03/msg00048.html
epss 0.01256 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2013-0262
epss 0.01256 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2013-0262
epss 0.01256 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2013-0262
epss 0.01256 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2013-0262
epss 0.01256 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2013-0262
epss 0.01256 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2013-0262
epss 0.01256 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2013-0262
epss 0.01256 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2013-0262
epss 0.01256 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2013-0262
generic_textual MODERATE https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=909071
generic_textual MODERATE https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=909072
generic_textual MODERATE https://gist.github.com/rentzsch/4736940
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-85r7-w5mv-c849
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/rack/rack
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/rack/rack/blob/master/lib/rack/file.rb#L56
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/rack/rack/commit/6f237e4c9fab649d3750482514f0fde76c56ab30
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/rack/CVE-2013-0262.yml
generic_textual MODERATE https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/rack-devel/bf937jPZxJM/1s6x95vIhmAJ
generic_textual MODERATE https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/rack-devel/mZsuRonD7G8/DpZIOmMLbOgJ
cvssv2 4.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-0262
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-0262
Reference id Reference type URL
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-03/msg00048.html
http://rack.github.com/
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2013-0262.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2013-0262
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=909071
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=909072
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-0262
http://secunia.com/advisories/52033
https://gist.github.com/rentzsch/4736940
https://github.com/rack/rack
https://github.com/rack/rack/blob/master/lib/rack/file.rb#L56
https://github.com/rack/rack/commit/6f237e4c9fab649d3750482514f0fde76c56ab30
https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/rack/CVE-2013-0262.yml
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21msg/rack-devel/bf937jPZxJM/1s6x95vIhmAJ
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21msg/rack-devel/mZsuRonD7G8/DpZIOmMLbOgJ
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/rack-devel/bf937jPZxJM/1s6x95vIhmAJ
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/rack-devel/mZsuRonD7G8/DpZIOmMLbOgJ
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-0262
700173 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=700173
cpe:2.3:a:rack_project:rack:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:rack_project:rack:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rack_project:rack:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:rack_project:rack:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rack_project:rack:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:rack_project:rack:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rack_project:rack:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:rack_project:rack:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rack_project:rack:1.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:rack_project:rack:1.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rack_project:rack:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:rack_project:rack:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rack_project:rack:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:rack_project:rack:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
GHSA-85r7-w5mv-c849 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-85r7-w5mv-c849
GLSA-201405-10 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201405-10
No exploits are available.
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-0262
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.79329
EPSS Score 0.01256
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T12:46:48.036369+00:00 GitLab Importer Import https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/gem/rack/CVE-2013-0262.yml 38.0.0