Insufficiently protected credentials in RabbitMQ C client - CVE-2023-35789
Published: November 22, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU83439
CSH Severity: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-35789
CWE-ID: CWE-522
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
RabbitMQ C client
RabbitMQ C client
Software vendor:
Alan Antonuk
Alan Antonuk
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.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.