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Low · 2.3 CVE-2026-66069 EUVD-2026-85632

RabbitMQ: Monitoring-tag DELETE of auth-attempt metrics

Published Sep 23, 2026 · Updated Sep 24, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

RabbitMQ is a messaging and streaming broker. Prior to versions 4.1.13, 4.2.7, and 4.3.0, is_authorized/2 uses is_authorized_monitor for all methods. DELETE resets rabbit_core_metrics:reset_auth_attempt_metrics(). Impact is cosmetic (counters only, no log erasure), but inconsistent with rabbit_mgmt_wm_reset.erl which requires admin for the analogous operation. A monitoring-tagged user can reset the per-node authentication-attempt counters via DELETE /api/auth/attempts/:node, erasing evidence of brute-force activity. The sibling endpoint wm_reset requires administrator. Preconditions include Management plugin enabled monitoring tag. This issue is fixed in versions 4.1.13, 4.2.7, and 4.3.0.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
rabbitmq rabbitmq-server >= 4.1.0, < 4.1.13, >= 4.2.0, < 4.2.7 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 rabbitmq-server 4.3.0-2 —
Debian 13 rabbitmq-server No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS rabbitmq-server No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS rabbitmq-server No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS rabbitmq-server No fix yet —
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS rabbitmq-server No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS rabbitmq-server No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS rabbitmq-server No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Red Hat Hardened Images 1 rabbitmq-server4.3 4.3.6-1.hum1 RHSA-2026:67552

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 3 rabbitmq-server No fix yet —

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