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CVE-2026-16544

27
FAUCET Score

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.

First published: Jul 22, 2026Last modified: Jul 22, 2026

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Red HatRed Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2
All Versions ImpactedCNA affecteddefault affected

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.35%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
27.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0035 is in the 36th percentile among its peer group of 21,977 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2Fixed in: ansible-automation-platform-27/controller-rhel9
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2Fixed in: automation-controller

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2026-16544Moderate

awx: websocket EventConsumer missing authorization for inventory_update_events, project_update_events, and system_job_events allows cross-organization stdout disclosure

Jul 22, 2026

References

access.redhat.com / security/cve/CVE-2026-16544
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi