CVE-2015-6240

CVE-2015-6240 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Ansible versions prior to 1.9.2, specifically affecting the chroot, jail, and zone connection plugins. An attacker could exploit this flaw via a symlink attack to escape a restricted environment. Rated with a CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH), this vulnerability allows a low-privileged local user to achieve high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.