CVE-2026-66077
📛 CVE Title
RabbitMQ: Stored XSS via TLS peer-certificate DN in management UI
Description
RabbitMQ is a messaging and streaming broker. Prior to versions 3.13.15, 4.0.20, 4.1.11, and 4.2.6, The management UI uses EJS 1.0 in which <%= ... %> does NOT HTML-escape. connection.ejs:135 renders <%= connection.ssl_details.peer_cert_subject %> (and peer_cert_issuer) directly into the page. The same pattern appears in streamConnection.ejs:102,106,110. The values come from rabbit_ssl:peer_cert_subject/1 which formats the DN as a string without HTML escaping. The verifier corrected the original researcher's claim: this is reachable only when the listener is configured with verify_peer (so the certificate must be signed by a CA in the broker's trust store, not arbitrary self-signed); however, in deployments using mTLS for client authentication, any user who can request a certificate from the organisational CA controls the Subject CN. An attacker who can obtain a TLS client certificate signed by a CA the broker trusts (with verify_peer enabled) can embed JavaScript in the certificate's Subject DN. When any administrator views that connection in the management UI, the script executes in the admin's browser session, allowing full account takeover (create users, export definitions, etc.). The management UI's CSP includes 'unsafe-inline', so inline script execution is not blocked. Preconditions include TLS listener configured with ssl_options.verify = verify_peer Attacker can obtain a CA-signed client certificate with attacker-chosen Subject (e.g. self-service corporate PKI, or rabbitmq_trust_store plugin in use) Administrator views the connection detail page. This issue is fixed in versions 3.13.15, 4.0.20, 4.1.11, and 4.2.6.
Overview
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Assigner (CNA)
- GitHub_M
- CVSS severity
- HIGH
- CVSS score
- 7.3 / 10
- CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N- Effective score
- 7.3 / 10 HIGH source: CNA overview
- CWE(s)
-
CWE-79 - Reserved
- 2026-07-23
- Published
- 2026-09-23 20:03 UTC
- Last updated
- 2026-09-23 20:03 UTC
- Source
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/main/cves/2026/66xxx/CVE-2026-66077.json
- Linked Threat
- CVE-2026-66077 — RabbitMQ: Stored XSS via TLS peer-certificate DN in management UI
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- 2026-09-23 21:16:59 UTC
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- 2026-09-23 21:16:59 UTC
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Affected products (1)
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Platforms |
|---|---|---|---|
| rabbitmq | rabbitmq-server |
>= 3.13.0, < 3.13.15 (affected),
>= 4.0.0, < 4.0.20 (affected),
>= 4.1.0, < 4.1.11 (affected),
>= 4.2.0, < 4.2.6 (affected)
|
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Vendor references (2)
References embedded in the original CVE record by the assigning CNA.
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/security/advisories/GHSA-rjcf-35r5-xw38 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/releases/tag/v4.2.6 x_refsource_MISC
Web references (0)
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NVD-tagged references (2)
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- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/releases/tag/v4.2.6 security-advisories@github.com
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/security/advisories/GHSA-rjcf-35r5-xw38 security-advisories@github.com
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Raw JSON
The full cvelistV5 record. Download as CVE-2026-66077.json.
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