What’s Vulnerable › Vulnerabilities

CVE-2026-44189: Ansible-lightspeed: visual studio code ansible lightspeed extension: arbitrary code execution via malicious playbook filename

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-07-22 · updated 2026-10-24
• Weakness: CWE-88

Description

A flaw was found in the Visual Studio Code Ansible Lightspeed extension's AnsiblePlaybookRunProvider. This command injection vulnerability allows an attacker to craft a malicious playbook filename containing special characters. When a victim runs the playbook, these characters are not properly sanitized, leading to the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running VS Code. This could result in a full system compromise, including the exfiltration of sensitive data, modification of project files, and permanent data loss.

Affected products

• Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2: all versions

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-44189
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2466763

Get alerted when CVE-2026-44189 or the next vulnerability affects your stack