A flaw was found in the Ansible Engine when the fetch module is used. An attacker could intercept the module, inject a new path, and then choose a new destination path on the controller node. All versions in 2.7.x, 2.8.x and 2.9.x branches are believed to be vulnerable.
Source: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-1735
Reference (s):
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1735
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/67793
- DEBIAN:DSA-4950
- URL: https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4950
- FEDORA:FEDORA-2020-1b6ce91e37