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 user's system with the privileges of the Visual Studio Code application.

CVSS 3.1

7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 54% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-78

Published

2026-07-22

Modified

2026-10-24

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-25

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-44190
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2466762

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