PT-2026-63364 · Red Hat · Ansible Lightspeed Visual Studio Code Extension

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CVE-2026-44190

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Published

2026-07-22

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Updated

2026-07-23

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

VectorAV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Ansible Lightspeed Visual Studio Code extension (affected versions not specified)
Description A command injection flaw exists where the extension fails to properly validate user input as a file path within the ansible.python.activationScript setting. This setting is intended for virtual environment activation scripts. A remote attacker can exploit this by inducing a user to open or execute a specially crafted project, allowing the execution of unauthorized commands with the privileges of the Visual Studio Code application.
Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

OS Command Injection

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Weakness Enumeration

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-44190

Affected Products

Ansible Lightspeed Visual Studio Code Extension