CVE-2026-16544

MEDIUMPre-NVD 6.56.5—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM 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: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
6.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 6.5Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

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.

CVSS v3
6.5
EG Score
6.5(medium)
EG Risk
29(Track)
EG Risk 29/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity65% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
32%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 22, 2026

Last Modified

July 22, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Jul 22, 2026
Patch 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=2506053
redhat Patch Available

cve-details

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-16544

Vendor 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

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Frequently asked(5)

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.
Is CVE-2026-16544 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-16544 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 68.0% of all scored CVEs.
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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