CVE-2026-16493A flaw was found in ansible-core.
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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.
- CVSS
- 7.8 HIGH (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-88
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Not given
- NVD analysis
- Awaiting Analysis
- Record last updated
- Sep 4, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
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References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:63385
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:63386
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:63387
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-16493
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2503724
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