{"id":"CVE-2011-2185","aliases":["GHSA-xwg2-qc6c-7c3q","PYSEC-2026-808"],"title":"Fabric vulnerable to symlink attack on tmp files","summary":"Fabric vulnerable to symlink attack on tmp files","severity":"medium","vendor":"fabric","product":"fabric","ecosystem":"pip","affected":["fabric < 1.1.0"],"patched":["fabric 1.1.0"],"published":"2022-05-17","updated":"2026-07-07","source":"OSV","sourceUrl":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-xwg2-qc6c-7c3q","references":[{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2185"},{"url":"https://github.com/fabric/fabric/commit/3445b5653cd297039443110548fb3cab2e8e25af"},{"url":"https://github.com/fabric/fabric/commit/d7470d2db919ffcee80c245cf87e6d8d4ba6909c"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=710462"},{"url":"https://github.com/fabric/fabric"},{"url":"http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=629003"},{"url":"http://code.fabfile.org/projects/fabric/files/Fabric-1.1.0.tar.gz"},{"url":"http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-July/062534.html"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/03/5"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/06/12"}],"tags":["osv","pip"],"epss":0.0033,"epssPercentile":0.26327,"ingestedAt":"2026-07-08T18:25:54.705Z","slug":"CVE-2011-2185","body":"## Overview\n\nFabric 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/`.\n\n## Affected packages\n\n- `fabric < 1.1.0`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade to a patched release:\n\n- `fabric 1.1.0`","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":28,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":27.5,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}