CVE-2026-67231
📛 CVE Title
RabbitMQ: Trust-store whitelist by Issuer+Serial only
Description
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.
Overview
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Assigner (CNA)
- GitHub_M
- CVSS severity
- CRITICAL
- CVSS score
- 9.1 / 10
- CVSS vector
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- Effective score
- 9.1 / 10 CRITICAL source: CNA overview
- CWE(s)
-
CWE-295 - Reserved
- 2026-07-28
- Published
- 2026-09-23 20:47 UTC
- Last updated
- 2026-09-23 20:47 UTC
- Source
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/main/cves/2026/67xxx/CVE-2026-67231.json
- Linked Threat
- CVE-2026-67231 — RabbitMQ: Trust-store whitelist by Issuer+Serial only
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- NVD published
- 2026-09-23 21:17:00 UTC
- NVD last modified
- 2026-09-23 21:17:00 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 (3)
References embedded in the original CVE record by the assigning CNA.
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/security/advisories/GHSA-cw8c-4m83-9c6w x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/releases/tag/v4.2.6 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/releases/tag/v4.3.0 x_refsource_MISC
Web references (0)
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NVD-tagged references (3)
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/releases/tag/v4.2.6 security-advisories@github.com
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/releases/tag/v4.3.0 security-advisories@github.com
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/security/advisories/GHSA-cw8c-4m83-9c6w security-advisories@github.com
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Raw JSON
The full cvelistV5 record. Download as CVE-2026-67231.json.
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