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SCA: security update for ansible (GHSA-rh6x-qvg7-rrmj)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 422306

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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. (CVE-2016-3096)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rh6x-qvg7-rrmj

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 422306

Version: Revision 1.6

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/28/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.15

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-3096

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Threat Score: 5.9

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/10/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/31/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-3096

BID: 85787

cwe: CWE-59