RabbitMQ amqp091-go: Plaintext Credential Exposure via Exported PLAIN Authentication Struct Fields
## Summary An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the AMQP client implementation's authentication handling configuration. Following a successful connection handshake, the `Connection.Config.SASL` field stores the `Authentication` implementation state used to establish the session. For standard `PLAIN` authentication, this state utilizes the `PlainAuth` struct, which defines both `Username` and `Password` as publicly exported, plaintext string fields. Because this sensitive data is retained permanently in-memory within an exported field structure, any peripheral code, internal package, reflective logger, dependency, or automated debugging utility with access to the core `*Connection` object can read and expose the raw credentials. --- ## Vulnerability Details ### Mechanism The vulnerability stems from the structural design of the configuration storage used during and after the AMQP handshake: ```go // auth.go:21-23 type PlainAuth struct { Username string Password string // exported plaintext } ``` When an application initializes a connection, the `PlainAuth` object is deeply nested inside the configuration structure (`Connection.Config`). Even after the handshake concludes and authentication is complete, this structure persists natively in-memory for the duration of the network connection's lifecycle. Because `Password` is an exported string field, standard automated inspection mechanisms can read its value without restriction. ### Affected Code Paths & Integrations
GHSA-27gv-rfvv-22mv
Primary source · Revision 1
Imported from structured advisory data. Source references identify upstream records or fields; verify affected versions and your deployed configuration.
Security context
Source reference: osv:GHSA-27gv-rfvv-22mv
github.com/rabbitmq/amqp091-go
Source reference: /affected/0/package/name
- Affected versions
- Not stated in this record
- Fixed versions
- 1.13.0
Source reference:
/affected/0/ranges - Prerequisites
- Not stated in this record
Structured affected-version data
Original package identities and version rules from this source.
[
{
"ranges": [
{
"type": "SEMVER",
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "1.13.0"
}
]
}
],
"package": {
"name": "github.com/rabbitmq/amqp091-go",
"purl": "pkg:golang/github.com/rabbitmq/amqp091-go",
"ecosystem": "Go"
},
"database_specific": {
"source": "https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/09/GHSA-27gv-rfvv-22mv/GHSA-27gv-rfvv-22mv.json"
}
}
]- Related CVEs
- CVE-2026-77407
Source reference:
/aliases
Publisher severity
high
Source reference: /database_specific/severity
- Event
- #63978 · Revision 1
- Added to Heist Feed
- Publisher date
GO-2026-6491
Revision 2
RabbitMQ amqp091-go: Plaintext Credential Exposure via Exported PLAIN Authentication Struct Fields in github.com/rabbitmq/amqp091-go
RabbitMQ amqp091-go: Plaintext Credential Exposure via Exported PLAIN Authentication Struct Fields in github.com/rabbitmq/amqp091-go
Imported from structured advisory data. Source references identify upstream records or fields; verify affected versions and your deployed configuration.
Security context
Source reference: osv:GO-2026-6491
github.com/rabbitmq/amqp091-go
Source reference: /affected/0/package/name
- Affected versions
- Not stated in this record
- Fixed versions
- 1.13.0
Source reference:
/affected/0/ranges - Prerequisites
- Not stated in this record
Structured affected-version data
Original package identities and version rules from this source.
[
{
"ranges": [
{
"type": "SEMVER",
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "1.13.0"
}
]
}
],
"package": {
"name": "github.com/rabbitmq/amqp091-go",
"purl": "pkg:golang/github.com/rabbitmq/amqp091-go",
"ecosystem": "Go"
},
"database_specific": {
"source": "https://vuln.go.dev/ID/GO-2026-6491.json"
},
"ecosystem_specific": {
"imports": [
{
"path": "github.com/rabbitmq/amqp091-go",
"symbols": [
"Connection.Reconnect",
"Connection.openComplete",
"DefaultConnectionRecovery.OnConnectionClose",
"Dial",
"DialConfig",
"DialTLS",
"DialTLS_ExternalAuth",
"Open"
]
}
]
}
}
]- Related CVEs
- CVE-2026-77407
Source reference:
/aliases
Publisher severity
No explicit severity was provided.
- Event
- #63979 · Revision 2
- Added to Heist Feed
- Publisher date