CVE-2026-44189 (GCVE-0-2026-44189)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-07-22 12:06
Modified
2026-07-22 12:19
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-88 - Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command ('Argument Injection')
Summary
A flaw was found in the Visual Studio Code Ansible Lightspeed extension's AnsiblePlaybookRunProvider. This command injection vulnerability allows an attacker to craft a malicious playbook filename containing special characters. When a victim runs the playbook, these characters are not properly sanitized, leading to the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running VS Code. This could result in a full system compromise, including the exfiltration of sensitive data, modification of project files, and permanent data loss.
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Impacted products
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| Red Hat | Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 |
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