A flaw was found in ansible. ansible.cfg is read from the current working directory which can be altered to make it point to a plugin or a module path under the control of an attacker, thus allowing the attacker to execute arbitrary code.
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4396
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4072-1/
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00016.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10875
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0054
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2585
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2321
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2166
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2152
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2151
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2150
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2018:3788
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041396
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00021.html
Published: 2018-07-13
Updated: 2024-11-21
Base Score: 4.6
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Severity: Medium
Base Score: 7.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity: High
Base Score: 8.5
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
Severity: High