High severity · published Jul 21, 2026
CVE-2026-16493
Ansible-core: argument injection in ansible-galaxy collection install via git clone (incomplete fix for cve-2026-11332)
7.8
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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 vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 19% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RH
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Satellite 6.18 for RHEL 9 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Satellite 6.19 for RHEL 9 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
Affected product
RH
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2
Red Hat
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-16493
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-16493
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:63385
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:63386
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:63387
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-16493
bugzilla.redhat.com
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2503724
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