PT-2013-2197 · Rack+1 · Rack+1

Raggic · Published 2013-02-08 · Updated 2026-03-13 · CVE-2013-0262

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Rack versions 1.4.x through 1.4.4 Rack versions 1.5.x through 1.5.1

Description The issue 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, also known as "symlink path traversals."

Recommendations For Rack versions 1.4.x through 1.4.4, update to version 1.4.5 or later. For Rack versions 1.5.x through 1.5.1, update to version 1.5.2 or later.

Exploit

Fix

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2013-0262

GHSA-85R7-W5MV-C849

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10115-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10406-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11344-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11345-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11346-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:12119-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:12397-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:12974-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:13167-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:13726-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:13727-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2025:14811-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2025:14875-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2026:10286-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2026:10358-1

RHSA-2013:0638

Affected Products

Rack

Suse

References · 63

• 🔥 https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/rack/CVE-2013-0262.yml · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-85r7-w5mv-c849 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:12974-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:12119-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:13167-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2026:10358-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2013-0262 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-0262 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10115-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:12397-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2025:14875-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/52033 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-0262 · Security Note
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-03/msg00048.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-0262 · Vendor Advisory