OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21828-1

Vulnerability from csaf_opensuse - Published: 2026-09-10 13:02 - Updated: 2026-09-17 17:44
Summary
Security update for ansible-core
Severity
Important
Notes
Title of the patch: Security update for ansible-core
Description of the patch: This update for ansible-core fixes the following issues: - CVE-2026-16493: argument injection in ansible-galaxy collection install via git clone (bsc#1272369).
Patchnames: openSUSE-Leap-16.0-1657
Terms of use: CSAF 2.0 data is provided by SUSE under the Creative Commons License 4.0 with Attribution (CC-BY-4.0).
CVE-2026-11332
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
Product Identifier Version Remediation
Unresolved product id: openSUSE Leap 16.0:ansible-core-0:2.18.3-160000.4.1.noarch —
Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: openSUSE Leap 16.0:ansible-test-0:2.18.3-160000.4.1.noarch —
Vendor Fix
Threats
Impact important
CVE-2026-16493
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
Recommended 2 products, the same list as for CVE-2026-11332
Threats
Impact important
References
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