CVE-2026-67223: RabbitMQ: LDAP DN injection via unescaped substitution

Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2026-09-25 · updated 2026-10-15
Weakness: CWE-90

Description

RabbitMQ is a messaging and streaming broker. The advisory establishes affected 3.13, 4.0, 4.1, 4.2, and 4.3 maintenance lines but contains conflicting first-fixed versions for the 3.13, 4.0, and 4.1 lines. fill/2 substitutes ${username} into user_dn_pattern without RFC 4514 DN escaping, allowing a crafted username to alter the LDAP bind DN and potentially select a different directory entry. Exploitation requires rabbitmq_auth_backend_ldap with a user_dn_pattern containing ${username}, a directory layout in which the injected suffix resolves usefully, and a password valid for the resulting DN. The advisory body identifies 3.13.15, 4.0.20, 4.1.11, 4.2.9, and 4.3.3 as fixed, while structured metadata identifies 3.13.18, 4.0.23, 4.1.14, 4.2.9, and 4.3.3. No fixed-version assertion is certifiable until a curator resolves this conflict.

Affected products

rabbitmq-server: from 3.13.0 before 3.13.18; from 4.0.0 before 4.0.23; from 4.1.0 before 4.1.14; from 4.2.0 before 4.2.9; from 4.3.0 before 4.3.3 — fixed in 3.13.18, 4.0.23, 4.1.14, 4.2.9, 4.3.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: rabbitmq-server 3.13.18, 4.0.23, 4.1.14, 4.2.9. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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