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TI-2015-05232 Aliases CVE-2015-6240GHSA-wwwh-47wp-m522

The chroot, jail, and zone connection plugins in ansible before 1.9.2 allow local users…

Priority LOW 34CWE-59Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00443 38th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed ansible (PyPI): 1.9.2

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
—ansible (PyPI)before 1.9.21.9.2Patch availableGHSA-wwwh-47wp-m522
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • ansible (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 1.9.2 Fixed in 1.9.2 Patch available GHSA-wwwh-47wp-m522

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 1.9.1VulnerableRed Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 1.9.1 Vulnerable ·Red Hat

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-wwwh-47wp-m522 ansible (PyPI) Fixed in 1.9.2 Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 5 products
  • Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton)
  • Red Hat Quickstart Cloud Installer 1
  • Red Hat Storage 3
  • Red Hat Storage Console 2

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2015-6240
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wwwh-47wp-m522

References

Patch 2

Advisory 3

Other 3

  • TI-2016-07808 Improper input validation in Ansible CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
  • TI-2014-03853 Injection in Ansible CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2014-03839 The safe_eval function in Ansible before 1.5.4 does not properly restrict the code… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2017-05191 Sensitive information in log files in Red Hat ansible CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2014-04077 Multiple argument injection vulnerabilities in Ansible before 1.6.7 allow remote… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2014-04076 Ansible before 1.6.7 does not prevent inventory data with "{{" and "lookup" substrings… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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Sources

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