CVE-2016-3096

CVE-2016-3096 is a local privilege escalation and arbitrary file write vulnerability affecting Ansible versions before 1.9.6-1 and 2.x before 2.0.2.0, specifically within the lxc_container module's create_script function. This flaw, rated High severity (CVSS 7.8), allows a local attacker to exploit symlink vulnerabilities on specific temporary or archived files to gain elevated privileges or write to arbitrary files. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.