CVE-2015-6240

high
Published 2017-06-07 · Modified 2023-11-08
CVSS v3
7.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
7.2
VIR risk
7.8

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/ca2f2c4ebd7b5e097eab0a710f79c1f63badf95b

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/952166f48eb0f5797b75b160fd156bbe1e8fc647

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-6240

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debiantrixiefixed1.9.2+dfsg-1
debian debianbookwormfixed1.9.2+dfsg-1
debian debianbullseyefixed1.9.2+dfsg-1
debian debianforkyfixed1.9.2+dfsg-1
debian debiansidfixed1.9.2+dfsg-1

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
python PyPIansible<1.9.21.9.2
python PyPIansible<952166f48eb0f5797b75b160fd156bbe1e8fc647||<1.9.2ca2f2c4ebd7b5e097eab0a710f79c1f63badf95b

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
redhatansible{"endIncluding":"1.9.1"}

References

CWEs

CWE-59

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.