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RabbitMQ CVE-2026-66076

| EUVDEUVD-2026-85623 LOW
Missing Authorization (CWE-862)
2026-09-23 security-advisories@github.com
2.3
CVSS 4.0 · Vendor: github
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Authenticate with management-tagged account
  2. Delivery
    Enumerate/guess foreign vhost and queue names
  3. Exploit
    Call /api/queues/quorum/:vhost/:queue/status
  4. Execution
    Handler skips vhost authorization check
  5. Impact
    Read cross-tenant Raft status and cluster topology

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Authorization checks on every request
MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique across 1 tactic: Privilege Escalation

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires: (1) the RabbitMQ management plugin enabled; (2) an authenticated user account carrying the 'management' tag (PR:L); and (3) a multi-tenant deployment where quorum queues exist in vhosts the attacker is not authorized to access (the AT:P attack requirement) - in a single-tenant broker there is nothing cross-tenant to disclose. The attacker sends GET /api/queues/quorum/:vhost/:queue/status with a vhost/queue they should not see. Limiting factors: valid credentials with the management tag are mandatory, no privilege escalation or write access is gained, and impact is confined to read-only exposure of Raft status (leader, members, term, commit index), queue names, and cluster topology.

Impact

All signals converge on this being a low-priority, low-impact issue. The CVSS 4.0 base score is 2.3 with vector AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N - network-reachable but requiring an authenticated management-tagged account (PR:L), carrying an attack requirement (AT:P: exploitable state depends on quorum queues actually existing in vhosts the attacker cannot access, i.e. a real multi-tenant deployment), and yielding only low confidentiality impact (VC:L) with no integrity or availability effect. This is a CWE-862 missing-authorization (broken object-level access / IDOR) read primitive, not the 'Authentication Bypass' the input tag claims - the attacker is already authenticated; the flaw is a missing per-vhost authorization check (is_authorized/2 verifies only the management tag rather than calling is_authorized_vhost/2). EPSS, CISA KEV, and public POC are all absent from the input; therefore this is no public exploit identified at time of analysis, and there is no evidence of widespread or automated exploitation. Net: a genuine cross-tenant information-disclosure defect worth patching in multi-tenant brokers, but not an urgent, high-real-risk item. No conflicting signals of note - the vendor advisory (GHSA-j45q-v7g2-82ph) and fix releases are confirmed and consistent with the low score.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

In a shared/multi-tenant RabbitMQ cluster with the management plugin enabled, a low-privilege user holding only the 'management' tag queries GET /api/queues/quorum/:vhost/:queue/status for a vhost belonging to another tenant. Because the handler validates only the management tag and not vhost access, it returns Raft status (leader, members, term, commit index), disclosing cross-tenant quorum-queue names and cluster topology. No public POC is referenced; exploitation requires an authenticated account and the presence of quorum queues in inaccessible vhosts.

Monitor Track and reassess. Why: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9).
Patch available 0.3% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Sep 23, 2026

Cross-tenant information disclosure in RabbitMQ's management HTTP API lets any authenticated user holding the 'management' tag read Raft quorum-queue status - leader, members, term, commit index - for queues in vhosts they cannot access, because the /api/queues/quorum/:vhost/:queue/status handler authorizes only the management tag rather than the target vhost. Affected are RabbitMQ deployments running the management plugin at versions prior to 3.13.15, 4.0.20, 4.1.11, 4.2.6, and 4.3.0, with impact confined to read-only exposure of queue names and cluster topology in multi-tenant setups. No public exploit identified at time of analysis; EPSS and KEV signals are absent, and the assessed CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N) rates this low severity.

RemediationAI

Vendor-released patches exist for all maintained lines: upgrade to RabbitMQ 3.13.15, 4.0.20, 4.1.11, 4.2.6, or 4.3.0 as appropriate for your release train - see https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/security/advisories/GHSA-j45q-v7g2-82ph and the patched-release notes at https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/releases/tag/v4.2.6 for upgrade ordering and Erlang/OTP compatibility caveats (nodes fail to start on unsupported Erlang versions, so validate the Erlang matrix before rolling). Where upgrading cannot be done immediately, compensating controls are: restrict the management tag to a tight set of administrative accounts, since exploitation requires that tag; disable the management plugin entirely (rabbitmq-plugins disable rabbitmq_management) on brokers where the HTTP API is not needed, accepting loss of UI and API monitoring; and network-restrict management port 15672 to trusted administrative subnets or place it behind an authenticating reverse proxy, which reduces but does not eliminate the risk from a legitimate low-privilege management user. Collapsing tenants into shared vhosts so that no quorum queues exist in vhosts a management-tagged user cannot access removes the cross-tenant disclosure surface at the cost of reworking existing permission models. Be aware that none of these workarounds patch the underlying is_authorized/2 versus is_authorized_vhost/2 code path; only the vendor upgrade does.

Affected VersionsENISA

rabbitmq-server 4.1.0, < 4.1.11
rabbitmq-server 4.2.0, < 4.2.6
rabbitmq-server 4.0.0, < 4.0.20
rabbitmq-server 3.13.0, < 3.13.15

Affected Packages

euvd rabbitmq_server_3_13_0 fix: 3.13.15
euvd rabbitmq_server_4_0_0 fix: 4.0.20
euvd rabbitmq_server_4_1_0 fix: 4.1.11
euvd rabbitmq_server_4_2_0 fix: 4.2.6

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 4 packages in euvd

Checking this CVE against your own stacks and servers is part of the Basic plan and up.

Technical ContextAI · show details

RabbitMQ is an Erlang/OTP-based messaging and streaming broker, and quorum queues are its Raft-replicated queue type (built on the Ra consensus library) in which a leader, follower members, election term, and commit index define queue state. The management plugin exposes an HTTP API on port 15672, and its authorization helper is_authorized/2 delegates to rabbit_mgmt_util:is_authorized/2, which verifies only that the caller carries the 'management' user tag at the global level. The correct check for any per-vhost resource is is_authorized_vhost/2, which validates the user's permissions on the specific vhost taken from the request path. Because the quorum status handler at /api/queues/quorum/:vhost/:queue/status reads the vhost directly from the URI without invoking the vhost-scoped check, the endpoint is effectively missing an authorization control for a subordinate resource - the CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) class. The 4.2.6 release notes also show related permission-hardening in the same cycle, including 'configure' permission checks now applying to passive queue and exchange declarations, indicating a broader authorization-consistency sweep.

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Severity by source

Vendor (github) PRIMARY 2.3 LOW
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
vuln.today AI 4.3 MEDIUM

Network-reachable REST API (AV:N) callable by any authenticated management-tagged user (PR:L), yielding only read-only cross-tenant metadata (C:L) with no integrity or availability impact.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (github).

CVSS VectorVendor: github

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Attack Requirements
Present
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Vulnerable system: Confidentiality
Low
Vulnerable system: Integrity
None
Vulnerable system: Availability
None
Subsequent system: Confidentiality
None
Subsequent system: Integrity
None
Subsequent system: Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

2
Patch available
Sep 23, 2026 - 21:17 EUVD
CVE Published
Sep 23, 2026 - 20:17 cve.org
LOW 2.3

DescriptionCVE.org

RabbitMQ is a messaging and streaming broker. Prior to versions 3.13.15, 4.0.20, 4.1.11, 4.2.6, and 4.3.0, is_authorized/2 calls rabbit_mgmt_util:is_authorized/2, which checks only the management tag, instead of is_authorized_vhost/2. The /api/queues/quorum/:vhost/:queue/status handler reads the vhost from the path without checking that the user can access it. Any management-tagged user can therefore read Raft status, including leader, members, term, and commit index, for quorum queues in inaccessible vhosts, exposing cross-tenant queue names and cluster topology. The management plugin must be enabled and the attacker must have a management tag. This issue is fixed in versions 3.13.15, 4.0.20, 4.1.11, 4.2.6, and 4.3.0.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 84% exploitable
Prevalence
High
RabbitMQ is a very widely deployed enterprise messaging/streaming broker
Data Quality
5 sources
Confidence: Medium

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity LOW
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.3%
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation
Poc
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
No
Human Impact· derived
High
Technical Impact
Partial

Priority Score

12
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +12
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0
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