CVE-2026-44191
CVE-2026-44191: 1 tracked advisory record across Red Hat. Compare source-reported impact, fixes and remediation.
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1 advisory- Advisory severityHigh7.8
High [CVE-2026-44191] Visual Studio Code Ansible Lightspeed extension: Remote Code Execution via command injection in configuration settings
CVE-2026-44191Source published Source updated
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. This can occur when opening a malicious workspace or manually executing a playbook, leading to a complete compromise of the user's system. Note the VS Code extension is distributed via…
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- Mitigation guidance
- To mitigate this issue, users of the Visual Studio Code Ansible Lightspeed extension should exercise caution and avoid opening untrusted workspaces or executing playbooks from unverified sources. Carefully review the contents of `ansible.executionEnvironment.containerOptions` and `ansible.executionEnvironment.volumeMounts` settings within the extension's configuration, especially when dealing with new or external projects, to prevent the injection of malicious commands.
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