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Low · 2.3 CVE-2026-67234 EUVD-2026-87146

RabbitMQ: Non-RFC-conformant cookie name when clearing the auth-mechanism preference

Published Sep 25, 2026 · Updated Sep 25, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
rabbitmq rabbitmq-server >= 4.2.0, < 4.2.8, >= 4.3.0, < 4.3.2 —

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 4.3.2-1 —
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

Advisories 2

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