Why is "local" insecure PATH element ?

[Lukas Czerner <lczerner@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

I've noticed some failures in automated tests in bodhi, specifically
this one:

    {
       "arch" : "x86_64",
       "code" : "SuspiciousPath",
       "context" : {
	  "excerpt" : [
	     "PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin"
	  ],
	  "path" : "/usr/sbin/e2scrub"
       },
       "diag" : "Potentially insecure PATH element <tt>/local</tt>",
       "subpackage" : "e2scrub"
    },


I am not sure why it's considered insecure while on all of the Fedora
and RHEL systems I have available "/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin" is a
default part of the PATH.

What am I missing ?

-Lukas
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