Command Injection Vulnerability in Ansible Lightspeed for Visual Studio Code
CVE-2026-44190

7.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Red Hat
Status
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2
Vendor
CVE Published:
22 July 2026

What is CVE-2026-44190?

A command injection vulnerability exists in the Ansible Lightspeed extension for Visual Studio Code, where the ansible.python.activationScript setting fails to validate user input correctly as a file path. This oversight permits a remote attacker to execute unauthorized commands on the user's system. By opening or executing a specially crafted project, the attacker could potentially gain full control over the system using the privileges of the Visual Studio Code application.

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-44190
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2466762
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

This issue was discovered by Laura Pardo (Red Hat Inc.).
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