Red HatCVE-2026-16544
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2: missing authorization
Medium6.5CVE-2026-16544 · Published Jul 22, 2026
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 versions
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 Product | all versions | No fix yet |
| all versions | No fix yet |
Details and references
- CVSS 3.1
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Severity from
- the vendor (its own CVE record or advisory)
- Weakness
- CWE-862
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