CVE-2026-44191 Command injection in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2
Attackers can execute arbitrary code on a developer's machine via command injection in Ansible Lightspeed VS Code extension settings.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-44191?
CVE-2026-44191 is a high-severity command injection 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, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
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.
Weakness: CWE-78
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-44191?
How do I fix CVE-2026-44191?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-44191 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2026-44191 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-44191 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-63fx-4hcp-68gg.