CVE-2026-67420 json
RabbitMQ OAuth credential refresh retains revoked runtime tags
published 2026-09-25 45 d ago modified 2026-10-17 23 d ago also BIT-rabbitmq-2026-67420 , EUVD-2026-87244 , GHSA-86fm-44m9-rqjx
- cvss
- 6.5
- version 3.1, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.3%
- EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 19%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
RabbitMQ is a messaging and streaming broker. From 3.13.0 until 3.13.19, 4.0.24, 4.1.15, 4.2.10, and 4.3.5, RabbitMQ OAuth credential refresh retains revoked runtime tags. when an existing AMQP connection refreshes from an OAuth token that grants the impersonator tag to a valid same-username token that no longer grants that tag, RabbitMQ updates the OAuth backend implementation (token/scopes/expiry) but leaves the connection's runtime #user.tags unchanged. rabbitaccesscontrol:checkuserid/2 then still honors the stale impersonator tag, so the connection (including newly opened channels) can continue publishing messages with a foreign AMQP userid after that privilege should have been revoked. A fresh connection using the downgraded token correctly refuses the same publish, proving the defect is stale session state rather than the token Limited to connections that once held impersonator and successfully refresh to a downgraded same-username rabbitauthbackendoauth2 (or an equivalent refresh-capable backend that returns tags) is enabled for This issue is fixed in versions 3.13.19, 4.0.24, 4.1.15, 4.2.10, and 4.3.5.
Patch / fix
- bitnami rabbitmq 3.13.19, 4.0.24, 4.1.15, 4.2.10, 4.3.5
- pivotal_software rabbitmq 3.13.19, 4.0.24, 4.1.15, 4.2.10, 4.3.5
- vmware rabbitmq 3.13.19, 4.0.24, 4.1.15, 4.2.10, 4.3.5
- rabbitmq-server Debian 14 4.3.6-1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-67420
- rabbitmq-server4.3 hummingbird 1 4.3.6-1.hum1
red hat advisories RHSA-2026:67552
- rabbitmq-server Azure Linux 3.0 3.13.7-10
azure linux advisories AZL-105311
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-2026-67420 updated cvss 3.1
rabbitmq-server: rabbitmq-server: Unauthorized user impersonation via stale OAuth token refresh
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Red Hat Hardened Images rabbitmq-server4.2 4.2.9-0.2.hum1 Red Hat OpenStack Platform 18.0 rabbitmq-serveraffected: workaround, no fix available “Fix deferred”
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Red Hat Hardened Images rabbitmq-server4.3 4.3.6-1.hum1fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:67552
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Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens) rabbitmq-server Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2 rabbitmq-server Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1 rabbitmq-servernot affected: vulnerable code not present
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 SSVC
- Exploitation
- Proof of concept is public
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
- Assessed
- 40 d ago
Exploit prediction
0.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 19% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Exploits and checks
- github.com https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/security/advisories/GHSA-86fm-44m9-rqjx referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 4.0 | 2.3 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| CNA | 4.0 | 2.3 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X |
| NVD | 3.1 | 6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
| OSV | 3.1 | 6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| bitnami | rabbitmq | >=3.13.0, <3.13.19 >=4.0.0, <4.0.24 >=4.1.0, <4.1.15 >=4.2.0, <4.2.10 >=4.3.0, <4.3.5 |
3.13.19 4.0.24 4.1.15 4.2.10 4.3.5 |
Affected products
- rabbitmq rabbitmq-server
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-862 Missing Authorization
References
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github.com
/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/commit/5de287d213765ca592ff5848ad2f6b9b98ee6772
patch
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github.com
/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/security/advisories/GHSA-86fm-44m9-rqjx
exploit, vendor-advisory, mitigation, advisory
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github.com
/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/releases/tag/v4.3.5
release-notes, article
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nvd.nist.gov
/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-67420
web
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-67420
- NVD CVE-2026-67420
- OSV BIT-rabbitmq-2026-67420
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