Vulnerability · Published Jul 22, 2026 · Assigned by redhat

CVE-2026-16544Awx: websocket eventconsumer missing authorization for inventory_update_events, project_update_events, and system_job_events allows cross-organization stdout disclosure

Medium 6.5

In plain English

A medium-severity missing authorization in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 from Red Hat. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 33% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 67.3% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Red Hat	Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2	see references
Red Hat	Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2	see references

Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-16544 vdb-entry, x_refsource_REDHAT
RHBZ#2506053 issue-tracking, x_refsource_REDHAT