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RabbitMQ: Monitoring-tag user can restart federation links

Type: advisorySources: OSV

RabbitMQ is a messaging and streaming broker. Prior to versions 3.13.15, 4.0.20, 4.1.11, 4.2.6, and 4.3.1, is_authorized/2 for the /federation-links/.../restart route uses is_authorized_monitor (accepts the monitoring tag), while allowed_methods permits DELETE and delete_resource/2 triggers rabbit_federation_link_sup:restart. There is no per-method elevation check and no comment marking it intentional. A read-only monitoring user can restart any federation link , a state-changing operation that disrupts message flow. Preconditions include rabbitmq_federation + rabbitmq_federation_management plugins enabled Attacker has credentials with the monitoring tag. This issue is fixed in versions 3.13.15, 4.0.20, 4.1.11, 4.2.6, and 4.3.1.

Products
rabbitmq
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
3.13.15, 4.0.20, 4.1.11, 4.2.6, 4.3.1
CVEs
CVE-2026-66075
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 09:34 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

RabbitMQ: Monitoring-tag user can restart federation links

core-osv · Original source

Published 1 Oct 2026, 09:32 UTC

RabbitMQ is a messaging and streaming broker. Prior to versions 3.13.15, 4.0.20, 4.1.11, 4.2.6, and 4.3.1, is_authorized/2 for the /federation-links/.../restart route uses is_authorized_monitor (accepts the monitoring tag), while allowed_methods permits DELETE and delete_resource/2 triggers rabbit_federation_link_sup:restart. There is no per-method elevation check and no comment marking it intentional. A read-only monitoring user can restart any federation link , a state-changing operation that disrupts message flow. Preconditions include rabbitmq_federation + rabbitmq_federation_management plugins enabled Attacker has credentials with the monitoring tag. This issue is fixed in versions 3.13.15, 4.0.20, 4.1.11, 4.2.6, and 4.3.1.

osv:BIT-rabbitmq-2026-66075

rabbitmq

Fixed versions: 3.13.15, 4.0.20, 4.1.11, 4.2.6, 4.3.1

Complete source record
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  "id": "42e27be9e62f6a138369a9139a1a50f61057f9c778be8a9d0a349cd5bf722971",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BIT-rabbitmq-2026-66075",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "RabbitMQ: Monitoring-tag user can restart federation links",
    "summary": "RabbitMQ is a messaging and streaming broker. Prior to versions 3.13.15, 4.0.20, 4.1.11, 4.2.6, and 4.3.1, is_authorized/2 for the /federation-links/.../restart route uses is_authorized_monitor (accepts the monitoring tag), while allowed_methods permits DELETE and delete_resource/2 triggers rabbit_federation_link_sup:restart. There is no per-method elevation check and no comment marking it intentional. A read-only monitoring user can restart any federation link , a state-changing operation that disrupts message flow. Preconditions include rabbitmq_federation + rabbitmq_federation_management plugins enabled Attacker has credentials with the monitoring tag. This issue is fixed in versions 3.13.15, 4.0.20, 4.1.11, 4.2.6, and 4.3.1.",
    "evidence": "osv:BIT-rabbitmq-2026-66075",
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            "ecosystem": "Bitnami"
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      "provider": "osv",
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
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  "published_at": "2026-10-01T09:32:52.78+00:00"
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