RabbitMQ: protected tag bypass via bulk-delete

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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-66078",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "RabbitMQ: protected tag bypass via bulk-delete",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2026-66078",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "low",
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        }
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            "v4.2.3",
            "v4.2.2",
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            "v4.2.0"
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      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:38.760813604Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/releases/tag/v4.2.6",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/66xxx/CVE-2026-66078.json",
        "https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/security/advisories/GHSA-j9m2-hw6x-rqr9",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-66078",
        "https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/commit/e5b890a64b42ec1f79a8e9d735512150cf77479c"
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          "CWE-862"
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                    "introduced": "3.13.0"
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                  {
                    "introduced": "4.0.0"
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                  {
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 506203,
  "published_at": "2026-09-25T16:09:46.197+00:00"
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