CVE-2016-3096

highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.005 · 41 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.47% (41st) EPSS

CVSS 7.2 · high

Is it mine?

10 products

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Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · osv · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.07.2highAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 10

v3.07.8highCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.07.8highCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · OSV

v3.07.1highCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-59USprimaryCWE-59US

affected products (10)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
fedoraproject fedora= 22nvdUScpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora= 23nvdUScpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora= 24nvdUScpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat ansible≤ 1.9.6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat ansible= 2.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat ansible= 2.0.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
PyPI ansible< 1.9.6.1osvUSpkg:pypi/ansible
PyPI ansible< 2.0.2.0osvUSpkg:pypi/ansible
PyPI ansible2.0.0.0 → 2.0.2.0osvUSpkg:pypi/ansible

advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

GHSA-rh6x-qvg7-rrmjLink Following in ansible2018-10-10ghsa · osvUS
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.
PYSEC-2016-12016-06-03vendor · osvUS
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.

also known as (6)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd osv nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2016-06-03modified 2026-06-17

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references (38)

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