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GHSA-FXGW-9XVP-9R43

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-07-22 12:32 – Updated: 2026-07-22 12:32

Details

A flaw was found in the Ansible Lightspeed extension for Visual Studio Code. This vulnerability allows an attacker with local access to the workstation, or malware running with the user's privileges, to read the Google Gemini API key. The extension insecurely stores the API key in plain text within the user's configuration file and writes it to output log files. This information disclosure can lead to the attacker obtaining the API credential and potentially consuming the user's API quota.

Severity

3.3 (Low)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

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CVE-2026-44187 (GCVE-0-2026-44187)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-22 12:06 – Updated: 2026-07-22 16:02

Title

Ansible-lightspeed: ansible lightspeed extension for visual studio code: information disclosure of google gemini api key

Summary

Severity

3.3 (Low)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-07-22 16:02 UTC

CWE

CWE-256 - Plaintext Storage of a Password

Assigner

redhat redhat root

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-44187	vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2466765	issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Red Hat	Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2	cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2

Date Public

2026-07-22 11:59

Credits

This issue was discovered by Laura Pardo (Red Hat Inc.).

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