Medium [CVE-2026-44192] Remote Code Execution and Data Exfiltration via Path Traversal
This medium-severity Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2026-44192.
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Summary
A flaw was found in the Ansible Lightspeed Model Context Protocol (MCP) server. This vulnerability, known as path traversal, allows an attacker to manipulate an AI agent through indirect prompt injection.
By doing so, the attacker can cause the server to write files to unauthorized locations on the user's system. This can result in the exposure of sensitive host information and enable the attacker to execute malicious commands, potentially leading to a full system compromise.
This can lead to critical host data exfiltration or staged remote code execution when a user initiates an Ansible Execution Environment build, enabling access to sensitive host files or execution of malicious commands. Note the VS Code extension is distributed via VS Code Marketplace, not shipped in AAP RPMs or containers.
The vulnerable code does not exist in any AAP-shipped artifact. Red Hat severity: Moderate — CVSS 6.6 (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L).
Weakness: CWE-22. Red Hat lists Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 as not affected.
Affected versions
No affected-version range was extracted from the source record. The vendor advisory is authoritative — check it before change work.
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Fixed versions
No fixed release is recorded yet. That does not prove no patch exists — confirm against the vendor advisory.
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 16 days ago·verify at source
Mitigation checklist
- Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 16 days ago·verify at source
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