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CVE-2026-44190

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 u
Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:6869a0e78bd2d152914663381a2816b1c6e750d13c665a4cece1e434908fb864
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
1

Preserved source conflicts

No provider value was silently selected as the winner.

affected · 3 assertions

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  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:bd6b9e70401a36e7ff68b15de879e7ccc8d64850fde77ddfbbf9d433c1d1f537 · sha256:6961edbf199a850b… · /containers/cna/affected/1

{"collectionURL":"https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/","cpes":["cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2"],"defaultStatus":"affected","packageName":"ansible-dev-tools","product":"Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2","vendor":"Red Hat"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:bd6b9e70401a36e7ff68b15de879e7ccc8d64850fde77ddfbbf9d433c1d1f537 · sha256:6961edbf199a850b… · /containers/cna/affected/2

{"collectionURL":"https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/","cpes":["cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2"],"defaultStatus":"affected","packageName":"ansible-automation-platform-25/ansible-dev-tools-rhel8","product":"Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2","vendor":"Red Hat"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:bd6b9e70401a36e7ff68b15de879e7ccc8d64850fde77ddfbbf9d433c1d1f537 · sha256:6961edbf199a850b… · /containers/cna/affected/0

Affected products and versions

3 source assertions
{"collectionURL":"https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/","cpes":["cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2"],"defaultStatus":"affected","packageName":"ansible-automation-platform-26/ansible-dev-tools-rhel9","product":"Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2","vendor":"Red Hat"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:bd6b9e70401a36e7ff68b15de879e7ccc8d64850fde77ddfbbf9d433c1d1f537 · sha256:6961edbf199a850b… · /containers/cna/affected/1
{"collectionURL":"https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/","cpes":["cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2"],"defaultStatus":"affected","packageName":"ansible-dev-tools","product":"Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2","vendor":"Red Hat"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:bd6b9e70401a36e7ff68b15de879e7ccc8d64850fde77ddfbbf9d433c1d1f537 · sha256:6961edbf199a850b… · /containers/cna/affected/2
{"collectionURL":"https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/","cpes":["cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2"],"defaultStatus":"affected","packageName":"ansible-automation-platform-25/ansible-dev-tools-rhel8","product":"Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2","vendor":"Red Hat"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:bd6b9e70401a36e7ff68b15de879e7ccc8d64850fde77ddfbbf9d433c1d1f537 · sha256:6961edbf199a850b… · /containers/cna/affected/0

Provider-owned CVSS observations

1 source assertion
{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"LOCAL","availabilityImpact":"HIGH","baseScore":7.8,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"NONE","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"REQUIRED","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:bd6b9e70401a36e7ff68b15de879e7ccc8d64850fde77ddfbbf9d433c1d1f537 · sha256:6961edbf199a850b… · /containers/cna/metrics/1/cvssV3_1

CWE assertions

1 source assertion
{"cweId":"CWE-78","description":"Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:bd6b9e70401a36e7ff68b15de879e7ccc8d64850fde77ddfbbf9d433c1d1f537 · sha256:6961edbf199a850b… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

Source references

2 source assertions
{"tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_REDHAT"],"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-44190"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:bd6b9e70401a36e7ff68b15de879e7ccc8d64850fde77ddfbbf9d433c1d1f537 · sha256:6961edbf199a850b… · /containers/cna/references/0
{"name":"RHBZ#2466762","tags":["issue-tracking","x_refsource_REDHAT"],"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2466762"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:bd6b9e70401a36e7ff68b15de879e7ccc8d64850fde77ddfbbf9d433c1d1f537 · sha256:6961edbf199a850b… · /containers/cna/references/1

Attribution and limitations

  • CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →

Provider severity values are preserved separately. Baitaphish does not convert them into a risk rating, infer affected products, or treat EPSS as observed exploitation.

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