Overly permissive cross-domain whitelist in RabbitMQ Server - #VU137235

 

Overly permissive cross-domain whitelist in RabbitMQ Server - #VU137235

Published: July 9, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU137235
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4 BT: 5.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber]
CVE-ID: N/A
CWE-ID: CWE-942
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to issue authenticated, state-changing requests to the management API and compromise confidentiality and integrity.

The vulnerability exists due to permissive cross-domain security policy with untrusted domains in rabbit_mgmt_cors.erl when handling cross-origin requests with a wildcard CORS origin configuration. A remote attacker can host a malicious web page that causes a signed-in administrator's browser to send authenticated requests to compromise confidentiality and integrity.

User interaction is required, and exploitation depends on the management plugin being configured with cors_allow_origins = "*" and a target administrator having cached HTTP Basic credentials in the browser.


Affected software

RabbitMQ Server

Remediation

Install security update from vendor's website.

RabbitMQ Server - addressed in versions 4.0.0 beta.1, 4.1.0 alpha, 4.2.0 beta.1, 4.2.6

External References

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