CVE-2026-66078RabbitMQ: protected tag bypass via bulk-delete
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RabbitMQ is a messaging and streaming broker. From 3.13.0 until 3.13.15 and 4.0.20 and 4.1.11 and 4.2.6, protected tag bypass via bulk-delete. dELETE /api/users/:name refuses to delete users tagged protected (rabbitmgmtwmuser:deleteresource/2 checks isprotecteduser). POST /api/users/bulk-delete iterates the supplied username list and calls rabbitauthbackendinternal:deleteuser/2 directly , that function has no protected-tag check , so the guard is silently An administrator can delete protected-tagged service accounts via the bulk endpoint, bypassing a safeguard the test suite confirms is rabbitmqmanagement enabled Attacker has the administrator tag A protected-tagged user. This issue is fixed in versions 3.13.15 and 4.0.20 and 4.1.11 and 4.2.6.
- CVSS
- 2.1 LOW (v4.0, CNA)CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-862
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- GitHub_M
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Sep 29, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
rabbitmq rabbitmq-server rabbitmq:server (from the name) | from 3.13.0, < 3.13.15; from 4.0.0, < 4.0.20; from 4.1.0, < 4.1.11; from 4.2.0, < 4.2.6 | CNA record |
broadcom rabbitmq_server broadcom: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 | NVD |
References
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/security/advisories/GHSA-j9m2-hw6x-rqr9x-refsource-confirm, exploit, third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/commit/e5b890a64b42ec1f79a8e9d735512150cf77479cx-refsource-misc, patch
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/releases/tag/v4.2.6x-refsource-misc, release-notes
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