PyPI/ansible CVE-2015-6240: unknown, EPSS 0.45%

The chroot, jail, and zone connection plugins in ansible before 1.9.2 allow local users to escape a restricted environment via a symlink attack.

Action: Upgrade ansible to 1.9.2 or later.

pip install ansible==1.9.2

Affected

Fixed versions

Sources

• osv: PYSEC-2017-3
• https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/ca2f2c4ebd7b5e097eab0a710f79c1f63badf95b
• https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/952166f48eb0f5797b75b160fd156bbe1e8fc647
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1243468
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/17/10
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00016.html
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wwwh-47wp-m522

CVE-2015-6240 · published 2017-06-07T20:29:00Z · modified 2026-06-10T17:00:16.490137978Z · JSON