CVE-2026-16493
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.
How to fix
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| satellite 6.17 | No range specified | — |
| satellite 6.18 | No range specified | — |
| satellite 6.19 | No range specified | — |
| Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 | No range specified | — |
| Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | No range specified | — |
| Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | No range specified | — |
| Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | No range specified | — |
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