RabbitMQ: Federation and Shovel Gen-Servers Lack format_status Callback — Plaintext Credentials Exposed in Crash Dumps and sys:get_status

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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BIT-rabbitmq-2026-67406",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "RabbitMQ: Federation and Shovel Gen-Servers Lack format_status Callback — Plaintext Credentials Exposed in Crash Dumps and sys:get_status",
    "summary": "RabbitMQ is a messaging and streaming broker. From 4.0.0 until 4.3.3, 4.2.9, 4.1.14, and 4.0.23, Shovel does not format state logged by the crash reporter and can leave unencrypted credentials in a crash dump file. the shovel worker genserver processes does not implement the formatstatus/2 callback. When these processes crash (e.g., due to network partitions, connection failures), the OTP SASL error handler writes the full process state , including plaintext AMQP passwords and URIs , to the error log. This is particularly severe for the shovel worker, which stores deobfuscated plaintext URIs (including amqp://user:password@host format) in its genserver state for the entire process Automatic Credential Exposure: Shovel worker crashes (common during network partitions) automatically write plaintext upstream/downstream passwords to error logs No Special Configuration Needed: Unlike DEBUG logging, SASL error reports are always active Broad. This issue is fixed in versions 4.3.3, 4.2.9, 4.1.14, and 4.0.23.",
    "evidence": "osv:BIT-rabbitmq-2026-67406",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "rabbitmq",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "4.0.23",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          },
          {
            "value": "4.1.14",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          },
          {
            "value": "4.2.9",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          },
          {
            "value": "4.3.3",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      }
    ],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "BIT-rabbitmq-2026-67406",
      "aliases": [
        "BIT-rabbitmq-2026-67406",
        "CVE-2026-67406",
        "GHSA-q44f-9vc5-grh7"
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "SEMVER",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "4.0.0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "4.0.23"
                },
                {
                  "introduced": "4.1.0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "4.1.14"
                },
                {
                  "introduced": "4.2.0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "4.2.9"
                },
                {
                  "introduced": "4.3.0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "4.3.3"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "rabbitmq",
            "purl": "pkg:bitnami/rabbitmq",
            "ecosystem": "Bitnami"
          },
          "severity": [
            {
              "type": "CVSS_V4",
              "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X"
            }
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://github.com/bitnami/vulndb/tree/main/data/rabbitmq/BIT-rabbitmq-2026-67406.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-17T09:15:02.418899737Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/releases/tag/v4.2.9",
        "https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/releases/tag/v4.3.3",
        "https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/security/advisories/GHSA-q44f-9vc5-grh7",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-67406"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cpes": [
          "cpe:2.3:a:vmware:rabbitmq:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
        ],
        "severity": "Medium"
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2026-67406",
        "evidence": "/aliases"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/database_specific/severity"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 352244,
  "published_at": "2026-10-01T09:33:45.07+00:00"
}