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.
CVE-2026-16544
MEDIUMPre-NVD 6.56.5—Trending — 3 sources updated this week
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence
Score 6.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-07-22. a secondary CVSS source baseline 6.5; sources differ by 0.0.
Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: ghsa, secondary
6.5
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: —CVSS: 6.5Exploit: NoneExposed: 0
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 6.5
- EG Score
- 6.5(high)
- EG Risk
- —
- EPSS
- —
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
July 22, 2026
Last Modified
July 22, 2026
Advisory Details (2)
Auto-updated Jul 22, 2026Patch available. Sources: redhat.
redhat
2506053 – (CVE-2026-16544) CVE-2026-16544 awx: websocket EventConsumer missing authorization for inventory_update_events, project_update_events, and system_job_events allows cross-organization stdout disclosure
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2506053Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-16544(1)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 6× in last 7d / 6× in last 30d)
Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
- 2026-07-22 22:07 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-22 22:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-22 13:38 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-22 13:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-22 11:32 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-22 11:32 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked
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Frequently asked(4)
What is CVE-2026-16544?
CVE-2026-16544 is a medium vulnerability published on July 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 consumeraccess() function (jobevents, workflowevents, adhoccommandevents). Three event groups - inventoryupdateevents, projectupdateevents, and systemjobevents — are…
When was CVE-2026-16544 disclosed?
CVE-2026-16544 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 22, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-16544?
CVE-2026-16544 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-16544?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-16544, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.
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