CVE-2016-3096
HIGH7.8EPSS 0.04%Link Following in ansible
Published: 10/10/2018Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
The create_script function in the lxc_container module in Ansible before 1.9.6-1 and 2.x before 2.0.2.0 allows local users to write to arbitrary files or gain privileges via a symlink attack on (1) /opt/.lxc-attach-script, (2) the archived container in the archive_path directory, or the (3) lxc-attach-script.log or (4) lxc-attach-script.err files in the temporary directory.
Affected packages (3)
- Debian/ansiblefrom 0, < 2.0.1.0-2
- PyPI/ansible>= 2.0.0.0, < 2.0.2.0
- PyPI/ansiblefrom 0, < 2.0.2.0
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 (21)
- ADVISORYhttps://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rh6x-qvg7-rrmj
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3096
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-3096
- PATCHhttps://github.com/ansible/ansible
- WEBhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183103.html
- WEBhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183132.html
- WEBhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183252.html
- WEBhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183274.html
- WEBhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184175.html
- WEBhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1322925
- WEBhttps://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/v1.9.6-1/CHANGELOG.md#196-dancing-in-the-street---tbd
- WEBhttps://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/v2.0.2.0-1/CHANGELOG.md#202-over-the-hills-and-far-away
- WEBhttps://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-extras/commit/7c3999a92a1cd856ff9bc8913a93ff1aee8bffc3
- WEBhttps://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-extras/pull/1941
- WEBhttps://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-extras/pull/1941/commits/8c6fe646ee79f5e55361b885b7efed5bec72d4a4
- WEBhttps://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2016-1.yaml
- WEBhttps://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/ansible-announce/E80HLZilTU0
- WEBhttps://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/ansible-announce/tqiZbcWxYig
- WEBhttps://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/ansible-announce/E80HLZilTU0
- WEBhttps://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/ansible-announce/tqiZbcWxYig
- WEBhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-14