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CVE-2026-44189

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Description

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.

Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
7.8 (v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Awaiting Analysis
Source identifier
Published
2026-07-22 12:17:59.817000
Last modified
2026-10-24 17:10:00.220000
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  "id": "CVE-2026-44189",
  "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
  "published": "2026-07-22T12:17:59.817",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-24T17:10:00.220",
  "vulnStatus": "Awaiting Analysis",
  "cveTags": [],
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      "lang": "en",
      "value": "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."
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "value": "Se encontró una falla en el AnsiblePlaybookRunProvider de la extensión Ansible Lightspeed de Visual Studio Code. Esta vulnerabilidad de inyección de comandos permite a un atacante crear un nombre de archivo de playbook malicioso que contiene caracteres especiales. Cuando una víctima ejecuta el playbook, estos caracteres no se sanean correctamente, lo que lleva a la ejecución de código arbitrario con los privilegios del usuario que ejecuta VS Code. Esto podría resultar en un compromiso total del sistema, incluyendo la exfiltración de datos sensibles, la modificación de archivos de proyecto y la pérdida permanente de datos."
    }
  ],
  "affected": [
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      "source": "[email protected]",
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          "packageName": "ansible-automation-platform-25/ansible-dev-tools-rhel8",
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          "baseScore": 7.8,
          "baseSeverity": "HIGH",
          "attackVector": "LOCAL",
          "attackComplexity": "LOW",
          "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
          "userInteraction": "REQUIRED",
          "scope": "UNCHANGED",
          "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
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  "references": [
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      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-44189",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2466763",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    }
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}