What is CVE-2013-4561?

CVE-2013-4561 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Openshift, classified under Insecure Temporary File. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2022-06-30.

How severe is CVE-2013-4561?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Red Hat Openshift

CVE-2013-4561

In a openshift node, there is a cron job to update mcollective facts that mishandles a temporary file. This may lead to loss of confidentiality and integrity.

Published 2022-06-30 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.014 (72.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 72nd percentile — 72.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.014 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Red Hat Openshift
Openshift-Origin-Msg-Node-Mcollective — versions openshift-origin-msg-node-mcollective as shipped with Red Hat OpenShift Online and OpenShift Enterprise 1.x.

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
github.com/openshift/origin-server/commit/f1abe972794e35a4bfba597694ce829990f14… (Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2013-4561?: CVE-2013-4561 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Openshift, classified under Insecure Temporary File. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2022-06-30.
How severe is CVE-2013-4561?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.