RabbitMQ: Authenticated RabbitMQ JMS Topic Selector Users Can Consume Broker CPU with an Unbounded LIKE Regular Expression
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 24/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.42% (FIRST EPSS).
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- Fixed version: azl3 rabbitmq-server 3.13.7-9 on Azure Linux 3.0 Release Notes.
- Mentioned 1 time in Turkish national cyber security advisories (siberguvenlik.gov.tr).
Low priority for now. Upgrade to azl3 rabbitmq-server 3.13.7-9 on Azure Linux 3.0 Release Notes or later.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
RabbitMQ is a messaging and streaming broker. From 4.0.0 until 4.0.23, 4.1.14, 4.2.9, and 4.3.3, the optional rabbitmq_jms_topic_exchange plugin's x-jms-topic exchange accepted a client-controlled rjms_erlang_selector binding expression whose LIKE evaluator expanded percent and underscore wildcards into overlapping PCRE fragments. It executed those fragments with raw re:run/3 without match or recursion limits, allowing an authenticated tenant that can bind and publish to consume broker scheduler CPU and deny service with pathological selectors. This issue is fixed in versions 4.0.23, 4.1.14, 4.2.9, and 4.3.3.
- Published
- Sep 25, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.4% · 34th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-1333
Report tools
Action score
24
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 24 / 40 · 6.0 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.4%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- proof of concept
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- —
- CNA · GitHub_M
- 6.0
- NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
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- No public exploit code on record
- A fix has been released
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What does it mean in your environment?
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| broadcom | rabbitmq server | cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:rabbitmq_server |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- broadcom rabbitmq server4.0.0 and later · before 4.0.23
- broadcom rabbitmq server4.1.0 and later · before 4.1.14
- broadcom rabbitmq server4.2.0 and later · before 4.2.9
- broadcom rabbitmq server4.3.0 and later · before 4.3.3
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (GitHub_M). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
rabbitmq rabbitmq-server
- >= 4.2.0, < 4.2.9, >= 4.1.0, < 4.1.14, >= 4.3.0, < 4.3.3, >= 4.0.0, < 4.0.23affected
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | rabbitmq-server | from 0 | — |
| Debian:14 | rabbitmq-server | before 4.3.6-1 | 4.3.6-1 |
Same product
broadcom: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2026-57216RabbitMQ: AMQP 1.0, AMQP 0-9-1, Stream Protocol loopback enforcement can lead to remote guest sessions due to listener-address loopback checks40Plan
- CVE-2026-57211RabbitMQ: UNC SSRF affecting the management UI on Windows40Plan
- CVE-2016-9877An issue was discovered in Pivotal RabbitMQ 3.x before 3.5.8 and 3.6.x before 3.6.6 and RabbitMQ for PCF 1.5.x before 1.5.20, 1.6.x before 139Monitor
Published before and after this one in the same product
- ← EarlierCVE-2026-67411Sep 25, 2026 · RabbitMQ: Web MQTT with PROXY Protocol enabled: a loopback-only user permission bypass24Monitor
- ← EarlierCVE-2026-67412Sep 25, 2026 · RabbitMQ: Federation upstream skips vhost authorization allowing cross-vhost message access24Monitor
- Later →CVE-2026-67415Sep 25, 2026 · RabbitMQ: Shovel Management Atom Exhaustion Allows Persistent Broker-Wide Denial of Service23Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| azl3 rabbitmq-server 3.13.7-9 on Azure Linux 3.0 | Release Notes | Microsoft (MSRC) |
| debian:rabbitmq-server | 4.3.6-1 · Debian:14 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
National notice (Türkiye Cybersecurity Directorate / USOM)
Official security notices citing this record; remediation advice is on the agency's page.
- TR-26-1187 · Sep 28, 2026(RabbitMQ Güvenlik Zafiyeti)
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- A low-privileged account is enough.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- Integrity
- Availability
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- X
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-1333 · Inefficient Regular Expression ComplexityCVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
nvd-secondary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
ATT&CK techniques
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Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
- SSVC exploitation— → poc
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References
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- github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/commit/60de2fbbcd812ab294985cef260cc2f1b1a02a5b
- github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/commit/9e36b7f4c1e2eed77300288dca3e01bd9b23c432
- github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/commit/f4d9da668b7304dfb9aeb2b4e9ff766a1275d021
- github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/releases/tag/v4.2.9
- github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/releases/tag/v4.3.3
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.