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CVE-2013-2161
Code Injection in swift (CVE-2013-2161)
Summary
code injection in swift (CVE-2013-2161). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to `1.9.0` or later.
AI summary snake-internal / snake-material-v2
A vulnerability tracked as **CVE-2013-2161** has been found in swift.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: ?/10.
What to do: upgrade swift to **1.9.0** or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "swift CVE-2013-2161" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2013-2161 (swift) — CWE-94 /
Patched: `1.9.0` — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
❓ What is the problem
**arbitrary code execution** (CWE-94) exists in swift.
📍 Affected scope
swift — .
🔥 Severity
Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure
🔧 How to fix
Update to **1.9.0**.
🛡️ Workaround
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
🔍 Detection
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run `grep -r 'swift' .` against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response Actions (7 steps)
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'swift' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で `swift` を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。
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6Apply patch patch
Upgrade swift to 1.9.0ステージング環境で 1.9.0 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスと、Step 3 で見つけた異常検知の続報チェックを含めること。
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7Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番では Step 3 と同じログクエリでアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
PyPI
swift
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.9.0"}]}]
References
- advisory https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2161
- advisory http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0993.html
- advisory http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2737
- advisory https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9xgv-6v35-mmcj
- package https://github.com/openstack/swift
- package https://pypi.org/project/swift
- web https://github.com/openstack/swift/commit/6659382c4fa348e1ebbce2424968dd7267ea1db1
- web https://github.com/openstack/swift/commit/8f9b135e0a16478a628f20224ce5babe62d4aaba
- web https://bugs.launchpad.net/swift/+bug/1183884
- web http://github.com/openstack/swift/commit/4eed6bf5b5028409f730be97ddcfb6bfa893c976
- web http://github.com/openstack/swift/commit/92d7eadd328797d392758c79e258c8455874c80e
- web http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-07/msg00021.html
- web http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/06/13/4