CVE-2026-16544 | A flaw was found in AWX. The websocket event consumer perfor… | CVSS 6.5 MEDIUM

Description

A flaw was found in AWX. The websocket event consumer performs RBAC authorization checks only for event groups that are mapped in the consumer_access() function (job_events, workflow_events, ad_hoc_command_events). Three event groups - inventory_update_events, project_update_events, and system_job_events — are not mapped, causing the authorization check to be skipped. Any authenticated user can subscribe to these unmapped websocket event groups for any object ID and receive real-time stdout output from jobs belonging to organizations they have no access to. This is an incomplete remediation of CVE-2020-10698.

Metadata

CVE ID: CVE-2026-16544
State: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Reserved: 2026-07-22 09:58 UTC
Published: 2026-07-22 11:15 UTC
Last updated: 2026-07-22 11:15 UTC
Primary CWE: CWE-862
Missing Authorization
Vendor / Product: Red Hat / Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2
Sources: cve.org · NVD

Severity & Metrics

6.5 MEDIUM CVSS 3.1

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

Affected products (2)

Vendor	Product	Platform	Versions
Red Hat	Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2	—	—
Red Hat	Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2	—	—

Weakness (CWE)

CWE	Source	Description
CWE-862	cna	Missing Authorization

CVSS scores (1)

Score	Severity	Version	Source	Vector
6.5	MEDIUM	3.1	cna	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References (2)