CVE-2026-16493

Ansible-core: argument injection in ansible-galaxy collection install via git clone (incomplete fix for cve-2026-11332)

CVE-2026-16493 is fixed in 3 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2026-16493, released July 22, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
7.8
Important
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0027
19th percentile

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.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
ansible · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 5.4.0-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-16493 Jul 22, 2026
ansible · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 5.4.0-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-16493 Jul 22, 2026
ansible · Debian 14 5.4.0-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-16493 Jul 22, 2026
ansible-core · amzn 2023 2.15.3-1.amzn2023.0.13 ALAS2023-2026-2036 Aug 3, 2026
ansible-core · opensuse-leap 16.0 2.18.3-160000.4.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21828-1 Sep 10, 2026
ansible-core · sles 15.6 2.18.3-150400.9.17.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4154-1 Sep 14, 2026
ansible-core · sles 15.7 2.18.3-150400.9.17.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4154-1 Sep 14, 2026
ansible-core · sles 16.0 2.18.3-160000.4.1 SUSE-SU-2026:23724-1 Sep 10, 2026
ansible-test · amzn 2023 2.15.3-1.amzn2023.0.13 ALAS2023-2026-2036 Aug 3, 2026

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