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CVE-2026-44191: Ansible-lightspeed: visual studio code ansible lightspeed extension: remote code execution via command injection in configuration settings

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% 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-78

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.

Affected products

• Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2: all versions

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-44191
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2466761

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