What is CVE-2026-16544?

CVE-2026-16544 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-07-22.

How severe is CVE-2026-16544?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2

CVE-2026-16544

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 - inv…

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-862 — Missing Authorization

References

secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vdb-entry)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, issue-tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-16544?: CVE-2026-16544 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-07-22.
How severe is CVE-2026-16544?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.