CVE-2026-67221: RabbitMQ: AMQP 1.0 shovel status exposes plaintext URI passwords

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2026-09-23 · updated 2026-10-19
Weakness: CWE-312

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 AMQP 0-9-1 shovel calls amqp_uri:remove_credentials before storing its connection URI, but the AMQP 1.0 shovel stores the raw URI including the password. The stored URI is visible via GET /api/shovels and via rabbitmqctl shovel_status. Preconditions include The Shovel plugin must be in use with AMQP 1.0 shovels configured using URI-embedded credentials. Reading the exposed status requires the monitoring tag.. This issue is fixed in versions 3.13.15, 4.0.20, 4.1.11, 4.2.6, and 4.3.0.

Affected products

rabbitmq-server: from 3.13.0 before 3.13.15; from 4.0.0 before 4.0.20; from 4.1.0 before 4.1.11; from 4.2.0 before 4.2.6 — fixed in 3.13.15, 4.0.20, 4.1.11, 4.2.6

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: rabbitmq-server 3.13.15, 4.0.20, 4.1.11, 4.2.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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