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PYSEC-2026-808

Vulnerability from pysec - Published: 2026-07-06 08:03 - Updated: 2026-07-07 11:30

Details

Fabric before 1.1.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) a /tmp/fab.*.tar file or (2) certain other files in the top level of /tmp/.

Impacted products

Name	purl
fabric	pkg:pypi/fabric

Aliases

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "fabric",
        "purl": "pkg:pypi/fabric"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1.1.0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "0.0.1",
        "0.0.2",
        "0.0.3",
        "0.0.4",
        "0.0.5",
        "0.0.6",
        "0.0.7",
        "0.0.8",
        "0.0.9",
        "0.1.0",
        "0.1.1",
        "0.9.0",
        "0.9.1",
        "0.9.2",
        "0.9.3",
        "0.9.4",
        "0.9.5",
        "0.9.6",
        "0.9.7",
        "1.0.0",
        "1.0.1",
        "1.0.2",
        "1.0.3",
        "1.0.4",
        "1.0.5"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2011-2185",
    "GHSA-xwg2-qc6c-7c3q"
  ],
  "details": "Fabric before 1.1.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) a `/tmp/fab.*.tar` file or (2) certain other files in the top level of `/tmp/`.",
  "id": "PYSEC-2026-808",
  "modified": "2026-07-07T11:30:34.040455Z",
  "published": "2026-07-06T08:03:27.543889Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2185"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/fabric/fabric/commit/3445b5653cd297039443110548fb3cab2e8e25af"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/fabric/fabric/commit/d7470d2db919ffcee80c245cf87e6d8d4ba6909c"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=710462"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/fabric/fabric"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=629003"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://code.fabfile.org/projects/fabric/files/Fabric-1.1.0.tar.gz"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-July/062534.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/03/5"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/06/12"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://pypi.org/project/fabric"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xwg2-qc6c-7c3q"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Fabric vulnerable to symlink attack on tmp files"
}

CVE-2011-2185 (GCVE-0-2011-2185)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2011-07-27 01:29 – Updated: 2024-08-06 22:53

Summary

Fabric before 1.1.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) a /tmp/fab.*.tar file or (2) certain other files in the top level of /tmp/.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

redhat

References

6 references

URL	Tags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/0…	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=629003	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/03/5	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=710462	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://code.fabfile.org/projects/fabric/files/Fab…	x_refsource_CONFIRM

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        "references": [
          {
            "name": "[oss-security] 20110606 Re: CVE Request -- fabric -- Use of insecure temporary file by uploading templates and projects to remote hosts",
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            "url": "http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=629003"
          },
          {
            "name": "FEDORA-2011-8964",
            "tags": [
              "vendor-advisory",
              "x_refsource_FEDORA",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-July/062534.html"
          },
          {
            "name": "[oss-security] 20110603 CVE Request -- fabric -- Use of insecure temporary file by uploading templates and projects to remote hosts",
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          },
          {
            "tags": [
              "x_refsource_CONFIRM",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "http://code.fabfile.org/projects/fabric/files/Fabric-1.1.0.tar.gz"
          }
        ],
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      }
    ],
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            }
          ]
        }
      ],
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      "references": [
        {
          "name": "[oss-security] 20110606 Re: CVE Request -- fabric -- Use of insecure temporary file by uploading templates and projects to remote hosts",
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          "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/06/12"
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    "dateReserved": "2011-05-31T00:00:00.000Z",
    "dateUpdated": "2024-08-06T22:53:17.523Z",
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GHSA-XWG2-QC6C-7C3Q

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-17 05:40 – Updated: 2024-01-19 18:16

Summary

Fabric vulnerable to symlink attack on tmp files

Details

Fabric before 1.1.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) a /tmp/fab.*.tar file or (2) certain other files in the top level of /tmp/.

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "fabric"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1.1.0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2011-2185"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-59"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2024-01-19T18:16:49Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2011-07-27T02:55:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "Fabric before 1.1.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) a `/tmp/fab.*.tar` file or (2) certain other files in the top level of `/tmp/`.",
  "id": "GHSA-xwg2-qc6c-7c3q",
  "modified": "2024-01-19T18:16:49Z",
  "published": "2022-05-17T05:40:10Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2185"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/fabric/fabric/commit/3445b5653cd297039443110548fb3cab2e8e25af"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/fabric/fabric/commit/d7470d2db919ffcee80c245cf87e6d8d4ba6909c"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=710462"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/fabric/fabric"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=629003"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://code.fabfile.org/projects/fabric/files/Fabric-1.1.0.tar.gz"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-July/062534.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/03/5"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/06/12"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [],
  "summary": "Fabric vulnerable to symlink attack on tmp files"
}

Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

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PYSEC-2026-808

CVE-2011-2185 (GCVE-0-2011-2185)

GHSA-XWG2-QC6C-7C3Q

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