GHSA-85r7-w5mv-c849 · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: rubygems — Rack Vulnerable to Path Traversal
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."
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2013-0262 is rated Moderate Risk (48.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.95%). Core evidence: EPSS rose +1.70% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.
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EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-06-15 | 1.26% | 2.95% | +1.70% |
| 2 | 2026-03-26 | 0.83% | 1.26% | +0.43% |
| 3 | 2025-08-08 | — | 0.83% | — |
Full EPSS history (9 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.3 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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8.6 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
GHSA-85r7-w5mv-c849 · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: rubygems — Rack Vulnerable to Path Traversal
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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not yet assigned | CVE-2013-0262 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (ruby-rack), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-0262 |
gentoo
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high | CVE-2013-0262: 1 GLSA(s) (201405-10), 1 atom(s) (dev-ruby/rack); latest impact high. | https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2013-0262 |
redhat
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medium | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0262 |
suse
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medium | CVE-2013-0262 severity moderate: SUSE including 55 source package names (ruby2.1-rubygem-chef-10.32.2-3.1, ruby2.1-rubygem-chef-10.32.2-3.2, …), 57 product×package rows across 7 product lines (SUSE Cloud Compute Node for SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 5, SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4, … (7 product lines)): Fixed 53, Known Not Affected 4. | https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0262/ |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2013-0262 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (ruby-rack), 9 status rows across 9 suites (hardy, lucid, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream): DNE 3, released 3, ignored 2, not-affected 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-0262 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| rack_project | rack | 1.4.0 | cpe:2.3:a:rack_project:rack:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| rack_project | rack | 1.4.1 | cpe:2.3:a:rack_project:rack:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| rack_project | rack | 1.4.2 | cpe:2.3:a:rack_project:rack:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| rack_project | rack | 1.4.3 | cpe:2.3:a:rack_project:rack:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| rack_project | rack | 1.4.4 | cpe:2.3:a:rack_project:rack:1.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| rack_project | rack | 1.5.0 | cpe:2.3:a:rack_project:rack:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| rack_project | rack | 1.5.1 | cpe:2.3:a:rack_project:rack:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |