CVE-2013-0262
rack/file.rb (Rack::File) in Rack 1.5.x before 1.5.2 and 1.4.x before 1.4.5 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…
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Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.94%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
rack/file.rb (Rack::File) in Rack 1.5.x before 1.5.2 and 1.4.x before 1.4.5 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."
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 2.94% probability · 87th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Affected
- rack project/rack
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 2.9% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-03/msg00048.html
- http://rack.github.com/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52033Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=909071
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=909072
- https://gist.github.com/rentzsch/4736940
- https://github.com/rack/rack/blob/master/lib/rack/file.rb#L56
- https://github.com/rack/rack/commit/6f237e4c9fab649d3750482514f0fde76c56ab30
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21msg/rack-devel/bf937jPZxJM/1s6x95vIhmAJ
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21msg/rack-devel/mZsuRonD7G8/DpZIOmMLbOgJ
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-03/msg00048.html
- http://rack.github.com/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52033Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=909071
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=909072
- https://gist.github.com/rentzsch/4736940
- https://github.com/rack/rack/blob/master/lib/rack/file.rb#L56
- https://github.com/rack/rack/commit/6f237e4c9fab649d3750482514f0fde76c56ab30
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21msg/rack-devel/bf937jPZxJM/1s6x95vIhmAJ
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21msg/rack-devel/mZsuRonD7G8/DpZIOmMLbOgJ
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.