CVE-2026-67231
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Summary
RabbitMQ is a messaging and streaming broker. Prior to versions 3.13.15, 4.0.20, 4.1.11, 4.2.6, and 4.3.0, The trust-store plugin installs a verify_fun that overrides {bad_cert, unknown_ca} / {bad_cert, selfsigned_peer} when the presented cert "matches" a whitelisted one. The match key is extract_issuer_id/1 → public_key:pkix_issuer_id/2 → {IssuerName, SerialNumber} , both fields are taken verbatim from the presented certificate body and contain no public-key, SKI, fingerprint or signature material. is_whitelisted/1 is a pure ets:member lookup; the stored full DER is used only for list/0 display and is never compared against the presented cert. cacerts is [], so the whitelisted cert is never used as a trust anchor for path validation either. TLS client-authentication bypass: an attacker who knows the issuer DN + serial of any whitelisted certificate can connect with a forged self-signed cert. Preconditions include rabbitmq_trust_store plugin enabled and used as the TLS verify_fun Attacker knows or can guess the {Issuer, Serial} of at least one whitelisted cert (non-secret; exposed via CLI/logs/any cert copy). This issue is fixed in versions 3.13.15, 4.0.20, 4.1.11, 4.2.6, and 4.3.0.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| rabbitmq | rabbitmq-server | >= 3.13.0, < 3.13.15 | affected |
| rabbitmq | rabbitmq-server | >= 4.0.0, < 4.0.20 | affected |
| rabbitmq | rabbitmq-server | >= 4.1.0, < 4.1.11 | affected |
| rabbitmq | rabbitmq-server | >= 4.2.0, < 4.2.6 | affected |
Weaknesses
- CWE-295: CWE-295: Improper Certificate Validation
References
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/security/advisories/GHSA-cw8c-4m83-9c6w
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/releases/tag/v4.2.6
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/releases/tag/v4.3.0
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