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
- 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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- NVD published
- 2026-09-25 16:17:27 UTC
- NVD last modified
- 2026-09-25 16:17:27 UTC
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Affected products (1)
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Platforms |
|---|---|---|---|
| rabbitmq | rabbitmq-server |
>= 4.2.0, < 4.2.8 (affected),
>= 4.3.0, < 4.3.2 (affected)
|
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Vendor references (5)
References embedded in the original CVE record by the assigning CNA.
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/security/advisories/GHSA-88vh-gx85-p36m x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/commit/df9e7f4c0afd311a672705f020d301efad355745 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/commit/edf1fbc7217aaf736955d2e13c9534901a2e0778 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/releases/tag/v4.2.8 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/releases/tag/v4.3.2 x_refsource_MISC
Web references (0)
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NVD-tagged references (5)
Reference list NVD curates from the CNA record, vendor advisories, and third-party reports. The tag chips below are NVD's analyst-assigned categories.
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/commit/df9e7f4c0afd311a672705f020d301efad355745 security-advisories@github.com
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/commit/edf1fbc7217aaf736955d2e13c9534901a2e0778 security-advisories@github.com
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/releases/tag/v4.2.8 security-advisories@github.com
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/releases/tag/v4.3.2 security-advisories@github.com
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/security/advisories/GHSA-88vh-gx85-p36m security-advisories@github.com
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Raw JSON
The full cvelistV5 record. Download as CVE-2026-67236.json.
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