Path traversal in RabbitMQ Server - #VU137241
Published: July 9, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU137241
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4 BT: 1.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]
CVE-ID: N/A
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote user to write arbitrary .log-suffixed files to writable filesystem paths.
The vulnerability exists due to path traversal in the tracing plugin trace name handling when processing PUT requests to /api/traces/:vhost/:name. A remote privileged user can supply a crafted trace name containing traversal sequences to write arbitrary .log-suffixed files to writable filesystem paths.
Only instances with the rabbitmq_tracing plugin enabled are vulnerable, and the target path must be writable by the rabbitmq OS user.
Affected software
RabbitMQ Server
Remediation
Install security update from vendor's website.
RabbitMQ Server - addressed in versions 3.13.15, 4.0.20, 4.1.11, 4.2.6, 4.3.1