# CVE-2026-57215: RabbitMQ: Direct-reply-to binding persistence can lead to unauthorized reply-channel injection and persistent phantom

- Severity: CVSS 7.0 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.2.6, 4.1.11, 4.0.21, 3.13.15
- Published: 2026-07-10 · Updated: 2026-07-13

## Affected

- rabbitmq rabbitmq-server: from 4.2.0, fixed in 4.2.6; from 4.1.0, fixed in 4.1.11; from 4.0.0, fixed in 4.0.21; from 3.13.0, fixed in 3.13.15

## Description

RabbitMQ is a messaging and streaming broker. Prior to 3.13.15, 4.0.20, 4.1.11, and 4.2.6, RabbitMQ allows foreign bindings to amq.rabbitmq.reply-to destinations because volatile direct-reply-to queues can be accepted at bind and route time but are missing from Khepri-backed deletion checks, leaving persistent route entries after unbind. This issue is fixed in versions 3.13.15, 4.0.20, 4.1.11, and 4.2.6.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on rabbitmq rabbitmq-server, upgrade to a fixed version (4.2.6, 4.1.11, 4.0.21, 3.13.15) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/security/advisories/GHSA-5cq3-v9jx-p3x3
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/pull/15935
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/pull/15938
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/commit/9055500d10ca7629dd2b051c6dc7a4b0bb8f6734
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/commit/c84f3c880e0f22b49c01237cf8f86e176eeadc72
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/releases/tag/v4.2.6

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