Security advisory

{
  "id": "ad1d7a924007cd64f394e77a564e94d5e71b2cf79a28313fb5421a4d87cdf512",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-3096",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2016-3096",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2016-3096",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2016-3096",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2016-3096",
        "GHSA-rh6x-qvg7-rrmj",
        "PYSEC-2016-1"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/ansible/ansible",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "7644312b20ba0a18eb12fe31d0fbddf656c2ce5e"
                },
                {
                  "introduced": "bb6cadefa2d68ed2a668fba14dc027947e043ae5"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "bb6cadefa2d68ed2a668fba14dc027947e043ae5"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "1.9.6"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "2.0.1"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "2.0.1"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "2.0.1",
            "v1.9.6-1",
            "v1.9.6-0.1.rc1",
            "v1.9.5-1",
            "v1.9.5-0.1.rc1",
            "v2.0.1.0-1",
            "v1.9.4-1",
            "v1.9.4-0.3.rc3",
            "v1.9.4-0.2.rc2",
            "v1.9.4-0.1.rc1",
            "v1.9.3-1",
            "v1.9.3-0.3.rc3",
            "v1.9.3-0.2.rc2",
            "v1.9.3-0.1.rc1",
            "v1.9.2-1",
            "v1.9.2-0.2.rc2",
            "v1.9.1-1",
            "v1.9.2-0.1.rc1",
            "v1.9.1-0.3.rc3",
            "v1.9.1-0.4.rc4",
            "v1.9.1-0.2.rc2",
            "v1.9.1-0.1.rc1",
            "v1.9.0.1-1",
            "v1.9.0-2",
            "v1.9.0-1",
            "v1.9.0-0.2.rc2",
            "v1.9.0-0.1.rc1",
            "v1.6.0",
            "v1.4.0",
            "v1.2",
            "v1.1",
            "v1.0",
            "0.7",
            "0.3",
            "0.0.1",
            "0.01"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-3096.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:47:36.466440122Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/ansible-announce/E80HLZilTU0",
        "https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/ansible-announce/tqiZbcWxYig",
        "https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/v1.9.6-1/CHANGELOG.md#196-dancing-in-the-street---tbd",
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-14",
        "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1322925",
        "https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-extras/pull/1941",
        "https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-extras/pull/1941/commits/8c6fe646ee79f5e55361b885b7efed5bec72d4a4",
        "https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/v2.0.2.0-1/CHANGELOG.md#202-over-the-hills-and-far-away"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "unresolved_ranges": [
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "fedoraproject:fedora",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "22"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "22"
                  },
                  {
                    "introduced": "23"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "23"
                  },
                  {
                    "introduced": "24"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "24"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_STRING"
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "redhat:ansible",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "2.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "2.0"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_STRING"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2016-3096",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 379573,
  "published_at": "2016-06-03T14:59:04.263+00:00"
}