Insufficiently protected credentials in RabbitMQ C client library

1) Insufficiently protected credentials

EUVDB-ID: #VU83439

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 3.3 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-35789

CWE-ID: CWE-522 - Insufficiently Protected Credentials

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to the C AMQP client library for RabbitMQ requires credentials to be entered on the command line as arguments for amqp-publish and amqp-consume. A local user can view the list of processes on the system and obtain credentials to RabbitMQ deployment.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

RabbitMQ C client: 0.1 - 0.13.0

External links

http://github.com/alanxz/rabbitmq-c/issues/575
http://github.com/alanxz/rabbitmq-c/pull/781

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.