CVE-2015-6240
HIGH7.8EPSS 0.04%Ansible Sandbox Escape via Symlink Attack
Published: 5/13/2022Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
The chroot, jail, and zone connection plugins in ansible before 1.9.2 allow local users to escape a restricted environment via a symlink attack.
Affected packages (3)
- Debian/ansiblefrom 0, < 1.9.2+dfsg-1
- PyPI/ansiblefrom 0, < 1.9.2
- PyPI/ansiblefrom 0, < ca2f2c4ebd7b5e097eab0a710f79c1f63badf95b, < 952166f48eb0f5797b75b160fd156bbe1e8fc647 | from 0, < 1.9.2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
References (9)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-6240
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-6240
- PATCHhttps://github.com/ansible/ansible
- WEBhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1243468
- WEBhttps://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/952166f48eb0f5797b75b160fd156bbe1e8fc647
- WEBhttps://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/ca2f2c4ebd7b5e097eab0a710f79c1f63badf95b
- WEBhttps://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2017-3.yaml
- WEBhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00016.html
- WEBhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/17/10