Vulnerability details
CVE-2026-44191
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2
Ansible-lightspeed: visual studio code ansible lightspeed extension: remote code execution via command injection in configuration settings
CVSS 3.1
7.8High
Official description
A flaw was found in the Visual Studio Code Ansible Lightspeed extension. This command injection vulnerability (CWE-78) arises from improper handling of the ansible.executionEnvironment.containerOptions and ansible.executionEnvironment.volumeMounts settings, allowing an attacker to inject shell separators. This can be triggered automatically during Language Server initialization or manually when executing a playbook. Successful exploitation leads to remote code execution (RCE) on the victim's machine with the privileges of the Visual Studio Code user, potentially resulting in a complete system compromise.
CVSS scores
| Score | Version | Source | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.8High | 3.1 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (redhat) | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 | All | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 | All | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 | All | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
References and advisories
2- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-44191 vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2466761 issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
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Details
- Published
- 2026-07-22
- Last updated
- 2026-07-22
- State
- Published
- Assigner (CNA)
- redhat
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
0.81%
Probability of exploitation in 30 days
57.3%
Percentile (among all CVEs)
SSVC assessment (CISA)
- Automatable
- No
- Exploitation
- None
- Technical impact
- Total
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-78Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')