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CVE-2026-67236

📛 CVE Title

RabbitMQ: Plaintext username:password stored in an insecure cookie after successful POST /login

Description

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.

Overview

State
PUBLISHED
Assigner (CNA)
GitHub_M
CVSS severity
HIGH
CVSS score
CVSS 8.2 / 10 8.2 8.2 / 10
CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Effective score
8.2 / 10 HIGH source: CNA overview
CWE(s)
CWE-312
Reserved
2026-07-28
Published
2026-09-25 15:59 UTC
Last updated
2026-09-25 15:59 UTC
Source
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/main/cves/2026/67xxx/CVE-2026-67236.json
Linked Threat
CVE-2026-67236 — RabbitMQ: Plaintext username:password stored in an insecure cookie after successful POST /login

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Affected products (1)

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
rabbitmq rabbitmq-server >= 4.2.0, < 4.2.8 (affected), >= 4.3.0, < 4.3.2 (affected) —

Vendor references (5)

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NVD-tagged references (5)

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Raw JSON

The full cvelistV5 record. Download as CVE-2026-67236.json.

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          "product": "rabbitmq-server",
          "vendor": "rabbitmq",
          "versions": [
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              "status": "affected",
              "version": ">= 4.2.0, < 4.2.8"
            },
            {
              "status": "affected",
              "version": ">= 4.3.0, < 4.3.2"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "descriptions": [
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          "lang": "en",
          "value": "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."
        }
      ],
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            "attackRequirements": "PRESENT",
            "attackVector": "NETWORK",
            "baseScore": 8.2,
            "baseSeverity": "HIGH",
            "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
            "subAvailabilityImpact": "NONE",
            "subConfidentialityImpact": "NONE",
            "subIntegrityImpact": "NONE",
            "userInteraction": "NONE",
            "vectorString": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
            "version": "4.0",
            "vulnAvailabilityImpact": "NONE",
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      },
      "references": [
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          "name": "https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/releases/tag/v4.2.8",
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