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Red HatCVE-2026-16493

Red Hat ansible-core: argument injection

Red Hat

CVE-2026-16493 · Published Jul 21, 2026 · updated Nov 4, 2026

High7.8
No fix yet
Red Hat advisory

A flaw was found in ansible-core. The _extract_collection_from_git() function in ansible-core's concrete_artifact_manager.py constructs git clone commands without a '--' (end-of-options) separator before user-supplied URLs when installing collections from git sources. An attacker who provides a crafted collection source URI containing git argument injection payloads can achieve arbitrary command execution when a user runs 'ansible-galaxy collection install' with the malicious source. This is an incomplete fix for CVE-2026-11332, which hardened the role install path but missed the equivalent collection install code path.

Affected versions

PackageAffectedFixed in
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2
Product
all versionsNo fix yet
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
Product
all versionsNo fix yet
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Product
all versionsNo fix yet
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Product
all versionsNo fix yet
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