RabbitMQ is a messaging and streaming broker. From 4.2.0 until 4.2.8 and 4.3.2, a successful POST /login caused is_authorized/2 to set an auth cookie containing base64-encoded username:password credentials without HttpOnly, Secure, SameSite, or expiration protections. Because base64 is encoding rather than encryption, an attacker with same-origin cross-site scripting, an HTTP-readable network position, or local access to the browser cookie store could recover the actual login credentials; older browsers that treated an absent SameSite attribute as None also sent the cookie cross-site. This issue is fixed in versions 4.2.8 and 4.3.2.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 2
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/commit/df9e7f4c0afd311a672705f020d301efad355745 Patch
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/commit/edf1fbc7217aaf736955d2e13c9534901a2e0778 Patch
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 8.2 · broadcomNVD modified 2026-10-15 20:24
Affected (CPE criteria) 1
cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:rabbitmq_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 5
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/commit/df9e7f4c0afd311a672705f020d301efad355745 Patch
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/commit/edf1fbc7217aaf736955d2e13c9534901a2e0778 Patch
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/releases/tag/v4.2.8 Release Notes
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/releases/tag/v4.3.2 Release Notes
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/security/advisories/GHSA-88vh-gx85-p36m Exploit, Third Party Advisory