CVE-2026-44187

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.

CVSS v3 3.3 LOW

3.3^/10

CVSS v3 : LOW

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-44187
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2466765

Configurations

No configuration.

History

24 Oct 2026, 17:10

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Summary		(es) Se encontró una falla en la extensión Ansible Lightspeed para Visual Studio Code. Esta vulnerabilidad permite a un atacante con acceso local a la estación de trabajo, o a un malware ejecutándose con los privilegios del usuario, leer la clave de la API de Google Gemini. La extensión almacena de forma insegura la clave de la API en texto plano dentro del archivo de configuración del usuario y la escribe en los archivos de registro de salida. Esta revelación de información puede llevar a que el atacante obtenga la credencial de la API y potencialmente consuma la cuota de la API del usuario.

Information

Published : 2026-07-22 12:17

Updated : 2026-10-24 17:10

NVD link : CVE-2026-44187

Mitre link : CVE-2026-44187

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-44187

JSON object : View

Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-256

Plaintext Storage of a Password

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