CVE record · CVE-2026-16493

Ansible-core: argument injection in ansible-galaxy collection install via git clone (incomplete fix for cve-2026-11332)

CVSS 7.8 HighEPSS 0.0027 · 19th percentile

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: redhat) at 21 Jul 2026, 17:26 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
Vendor	Product	Versions
Red Hat	Red Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9 Package name: ansible-core https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 1:2.16.19-1.el9sat to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Satellite 6.18 for RHEL 9 Package name: ansible-core https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 1:2.16.19-1.el9sat to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Satellite 6.18 for RHEL 9 Package name: pulpcore-obsolete-packages https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 0:1.3.1-5.el9pc to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Satellite 6.18 for RHEL 9 Package name: python3.12-pulpcore https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 0:3.73.30-3.el9pc to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Satellite 6.19 for RHEL 9 Package name: ansible-core https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 1:2.16.19-1.el9sat to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 Package name: ansible-core https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	No versions given Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Package name: ansible-core https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	No versions given Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Package name: ansible-core https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	No versions given Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Package name: ansible-core https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	No versions given Other versions: affected

Identifiers: CVE-2026-16493
CNA: redhat
Weakness (CWE): CWE-88
Tags: Red Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9
Red Hat Satellite 6.18 for RHEL 9
Red Hat Satellite 6.19 for RHEL 9
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Command injection
Published: 21 Jul 2026
Updated: 4 Nov 2026

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

Score	Rating	CVSS	Vector	Source
7.8	High	3.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	CNA (redhat)

CISA KEV Not listed.
EPSS 0.0027, the 19th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

21 Jul 2026, 17:26 UTC Confirmed by the CVE List
21 Jul 2026, 18:16 UTC Confirmed by NVD

Sources

References from the CNA

access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:63385 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:63386 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:63387 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-16493 vdb-entryredhat
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2503724 issue-trackingredhat

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.