BREW-ANSIBLE@10-CVE-2016-3096 (GHSA-RH6X-QVG7-RRMJ)

Vulnerability from osv_homebrew – Published: 2026-08-13 16:35 – Updated: 2026-09-09 23:41 – Source website
VLAI
Summary
Link Following in ansible
Details

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.

Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
8.5 (High)
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
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "fix": "bump",
        "range_state": "fixed",
        "upstream_fixed_in": "2.0.2.0"
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Homebrew",
        "name": "ansible@10",
        "purl": "pkg:brew/ansible%4010"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "10.7.0_6"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "confidence": "high",
    "source": "matched",
    "strategy": "registry",
    "upstream_evidence": [
      {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "key": "pkg:pypi/ansible@10.7.0",
        "name": "ansible",
        "strategy": "registry",
        "subject_version": "10.7.0"
      },
      {
        "ecosystem": "Debian",
        "key": "Debian/ansible",
        "name": "ansible",
        "strategy": "distro"
      },
      {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "key": "upstream:pkg:pypi/ansible@10.7.0",
        "name": "ansible",
        "strategy": "distro",
        "subject_version": "10.7.0"
      },
      {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu",
        "key": "Ubuntu/ansible",
        "name": "ansible",
        "strategy": "distro"
      }
    ]
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "BREW-ansible@10-CVE-2016-3096",
  "modified": "2026-09-09T23:41:05Z",
  "published": "2026-08-13T16:35:22Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3096"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-extras/pull/1941"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-extras/commit/7c3999a92a1cd856ff9bc8913a93ff1aee8bffc3"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1322925"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rh6x-qvg7-rrmj"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/ansible/ansible"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/v1.9.6-1/CHANGELOG.md#196-dancing-in-the-street---tbd"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/v2.0.2.0-1/CHANGELOG.md#202-over-the-hills-and-far-away"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2016-1.yaml"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/ansible-announce/E80HLZilTU0"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/ansible-announce/tqiZbcWxYig"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-14"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183103.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183132.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183252.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183274.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184175.html"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.3",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "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",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Link Following in ansible",
  "upstream": [
    "GHSA-rh6x-qvg7-rrmj",
    "CVE-2016-3096",
    "PYSEC-2016-1"
  ]
}



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