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TI-2026-32169 Aliases CVE-2026-44190GHSA-6hm5-xxgq-f387

OS command injection in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2

Priority LOW 37CWE-78Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-78.

Summary

A flaw was found in the Ansible Lightspeed Visual Studio Code extension. This Command Injection vulnerability (CWE-78) allows a remote attacker to execute unauthorized commands on a user's system. The issue occurs because the `ansible.python.activationScript` setting, intended for a virtual environment activation script, does not properly validate user input as a file path. If a user opens or executes a specially crafted project, an attacker could exploit this to gain complete control over the user's system with the privileges of the Visual Studio Code application.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00753 55th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
Red HatRed Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2——No fix listedCNA
Red HatRed Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2——No fix listedCNA
Red HatRed Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2——No fix listedCNA
  • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE names CNA · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:22—Red Hat
  • cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2 Versions 2 — ·Red Hat

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-44190
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6hm5-xxgq-f387

References

Other 2

  • TI-2019-15875 Protection mechanism failure in Jenkins Pipeline: Groovy Plugin KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
  • TI-2019-15874 Protection mechanism failure in Jenkins Script Security Plugin KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
  • TI-2019-08259 Underflow in PHP-FPM can lead to RCE KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2019-05363 Code injection in Elastic Kibana KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2019-03949 Out-of-bounds write in ESXi and Horizon DaaS KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2018-16080 A code execution vulnerability exists in the Stapler web framework used by Jenkins 2.153… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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Sources

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