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medium 5.5

CVE-2023-35789 json

An issue was discovered in the C AMQP client library (aka rabbitmq-c) through 0.13.0 for RabbitMQ.

published 2023-06-16 3 y ago modified 2026-09-08 2 mo ago also BIT-rabbitmq-c-2023-35789 , EUVD-2023-39786

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 12%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An issue was discovered in the C AMQP client library (aka rabbitmq-c) through 0.13.0 for RabbitMQ. Credentials can only be entered on the command line (e.g., for amqp-publish or amqp-consume) and are thus visible to local attackers by listing a process and its arguments.

Patch / fix

  • librabbitmq Debian 12 0.11.0-1+deb12u1
  • librabbitmq Debian 14, Debian 13 0.14.0-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2023-35789

  • librabbitmq Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 0.10.0-1ubuntu2.1
  • librabbitmq Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 0.11.0-1ubuntu0.1
  • librabbitmq Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 0.4.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm2
  • librabbitmq Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 0.7.1-1ubuntu0.2+esm1
  • librabbitmq Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 0.8.0-1ubuntu0.18.04.2+esm1
  • librabbitmq Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS 0.10.0-1ubuntu0.20.04.1~esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2023-35789

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • librabbitmq RHEL 8 0.9.0-4.el8
  • librabbitmq RHEL 9 0.11.0-7.el9
  • librabbitmq-tools RHEL 9 0.11.0-7.el9

red hat advisories RHSA-2023:7150RHSA-2023:6482

  • rabbitmq-c SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES 15 SP3-LTSS, SLE Real Time 15 SP3 +9 more 0.10.0-150300.5.6.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2023:2823-1

  • librabbitmq AlmaLinux 8 0.9.0-4.el8
  • librabbitmq AlmaLinux 9 0.11.0-7.el9
  • librabbitmq-tools AlmaLinux 9 0.11.0-7.el9

almalinux advisories ALSA-2023:7150ALSA-2023:6482

  • librabbitmq Rocky Linux 9 0.11.0-7.el9

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2023:6482

  • rabbitmq-c Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +2 more 0.14.0-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2023-35789

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • librabbitmq Azure Linux 3.0 0.14.0-1

azure linux advisories AZL-45114

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2023-35789 updated cvss 5.1

rabbitmq-c/librabbitmq: Insecure credentials submission

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 librabbitmq, librabbitmq-examples
    affected: no fix available “Fix deferred”
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8) librabbitmq-devel 0.9.0-4.el8, librabbitmq-debuginfo 0.9.0-4.el8, librabbitmq-debugsource 0.9.0-4.el8, librabbitmq-tools-debuginfo 0.9.0-4.el8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:7150
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9) librabbitmq-devel 0.11.0-7.el9, librabbitmq-debuginfo 0.11.0-7.el9, librabbitmq-debugsource 0.11.0-7.el9, librabbitmq-tools-debuginfo 0.11.0-7.el9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) librabbitmq 0.11.0-7.el9, librabbitmq-tools 0.11.0-7.el9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:6482
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) librabbitmq 0.9.0-4.el8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:7150

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

cisa ICSA-24-046-11 updated cvss 5.5

Siemens SCALANCE XCM-/XRM-300

  • Siemens SCALANCE XCH328 (6GK5328-4TS01-2EC2) <V2.4 Siemens SCALANCE XCM324 (6GK5324-8TS01-2AC2) <V2.4 Siemens SCALANCE XCM328 (6GK5328-4TS01-2AC2) <V2.4 Siemens SCALANCE XCM332 (6GK5332-0GA01-2AC2) <V2.4 Siemens SCALANCE XRH334 (24 V DC, 8xFO, CC) (6GK5334-2TS01-2ER3) <V2.4 Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (2x230 V AC, 8xFO) (6GK5334-2TS01-4AR3) <V2.4
    +5 more products
    Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (2x230 V AC, 12xFO) (6GK5334-3TS01-4AR3) <V2.4 Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (24 V DC, 8xFO) (6GK5334-2TS01-2AR3) <V2.4 Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (24 V DC, 12xFO) (6GK5334-3TS01-2AR3) <V2.4 Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (230 V AC, 8xFO) (6GK5334-2TS01-3AR3) <V2.4 Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (230 V AC, 12xFO) (6GK5334-3TS01-3AR3) <V2.4
    affected: fixed in V2.4 support.industry.siemens.com

Facts from CISA's republication of the vendor's own advisory (CSAF); the linked advisory is the authoritative source. CISA notification · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
22 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 12% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
OSV 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
bitnami rabbitmq-c
<=0.13.0
no fix listed

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-522 Insufficiently Protected Credentials

References

Sources

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