CVE-2026-44187 Information disclosure in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2
Local attackers can read the Google Gemini API key stored in plain text by the Ansible Lightspeed VS Code extension, leading to credential theft.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-44187?
CVE-2026-44187 is a low-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2, published on 22 Jul 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A flaw was found in the Ansible Lightspeed extension for Visual Studio Code. This vulnerability allows an attacker with local access to the workstation, or malware running with the user's privileges, to read the Google Gemini API key. The extension insecurely stores the API key in plain text within the user's configuration file and writes it to output log files. This information disclosure can lead to the attacker obtaining the API credential and potentially consuming the user's API quota.
Weakness: CWE-256
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-44187?
How do I fix CVE-2026-44187?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-44187 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2026-44187 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-44187 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fxgw-9xvp-9r43.