CVE-2026-44189
HighCVSS 7.8Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Elevated risk61th percentile - higher than 61% of all known CVEs
Summary
A command injection vulnerability exists in the Visual Studio Code Ansible Lightspeed extension's AnsiblePlaybookRunProvider. An attacker can craft a malicious playbook filename with special characters that are not properly sanitized, leading to arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the user running VS Code.
Risk Assessment
An attacker can fully compromise the victim's system, including exfiltration of sensitive data, modification of project files, and permanent data loss.
Recommendation
Update the Ansible Lightspeed extension to the latest version. Avoid running playbooks from untrusted sources.
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Original NVD description (English source)
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.
Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS

