Upstream information

CVE-2026-16493 at MITRE

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Pending

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v3 Scores
CVSS detail CNA (Red Hat) SUSE
Base Score 7.8 7.8
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Local Local
Attack Complexity Low Low
Privileges Required None None
User Interaction Required Required
Scope Unchanged Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High High
Integrity Impact High High
Availability Impact High High
CVSSv3 Version 3.1 3.1
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1272369 [NEW]

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Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP7 ansible-core Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Systems Management 15 SP7 ansible-core Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.1 ansible-core Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.1 ansible-core Affected
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Systems Management 15 SP6 ansible-core Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS ansible-core Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS ansible-core Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6-LTSS ansible-core Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 ansible-core Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 ansible-core Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 ansible-core Affected
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP6 ansible-core Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.6 ansible-core Affected


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Thu Jul 23 12:49:09 2026
CVE page last modified: Wed Aug 12 11:54:56 2026