{"cve":"CVE-2016-3096","nvd":{"published":"2016-06-03T14:59:04.263","modified":"2026-06-17T00:44:57.910","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.0","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":["CWE-59"],"references":["http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183103.html","http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183132.html","http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183252.html","http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183274.html","http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184175.html"],"products":["fedoraproject:fedora","redhat:ansible"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:38:51.654415212+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2016-3096","score":0.00471,"percentile":0.40799,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-rh6x-qvg7-rrmj","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-rh6x-qvg7-rrmj","summary":"Link Following in ansible","modified":"2024-09-04T19:10:53.885962Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"ansible","purl":"pkg:pypi/ansible","ranges":[">=2.0.0.0 <2.0.2.0"],"fixed":["2.0.2.0"]},{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"ansible","purl":"pkg:pypi/ansible","ranges":["<1.9.6.1"],"fixed":["1.9.6.1"]}]},{"id":"PYSEC-2016-1","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PYSEC-2016-1","summary":"","modified":"2023-11-08T03:58:25.685740Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"ansible","purl":"pkg:pypi/ansible","ranges":["<2.0.2.0"],"fixed":["2.0.2.0"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}