RabbitMQ is a messaging and streaming broker. From 4.2.0 until 4.2.8 and 4.3.2, get_auth_mechanism/1 used term_to_binary/1 on the strict_auth_mechanism or preferred_auth_mechanism atom when clearing the corresponding cookie, producing a non-ASCII cookie name that violates RFC 6265 and can prevent the browser from deleting the preference. The issue is not directly exploitable for code execution or data exfiltration; its security relevance is limited to stale authentication-mechanism preferences persisting across logout and login cycles. This issue is fixed in versions 4.2.8 and 4.3.2.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 5
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/commit/149cb59d618cefa83c6deb02dbbb1e8a7a2bc968 Patch
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/commit/baac0aaf170efeb4f124ee36b8417274fa8dcc1a Patch
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/releases/tag/v4.2.8 Release Notes, Patch
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/releases/tag/v4.3.2 Release Notes, Patch
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/security/advisories/GHSA-q286-p3m9-j69f Vendor Advisory
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 2.3 · broadcomNVD modified 2026-10-20 13:30
Affected (CPE criteria) 1
cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:rabbitmq_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 5
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/commit/149cb59d618cefa83c6deb02dbbb1e8a7a2bc968 Patch
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/commit/baac0aaf170efeb4f124ee36b8417274fa8dcc1a Patch
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/releases/tag/v4.2.8 Release Notes, Patch
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/releases/tag/v4.3.2 Release Notes, Patch
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/security/advisories/GHSA-q286-p3m9-j69f Vendor Advisory