# CVE-2026-57218: RabbitMQ: AMQP 0-9-1 in combination with OAuth 2: consumer persistence can lead to post-revocation message disclosure

- Severity: CVSS 4.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.2.6
- Published: 2026-07-10 · Updated: 2026-07-13

## Affected

- rabbitmq rabbitmq-server: from 4.2.0, fixed in 4.2.6

## Description

RabbitMQ is a messaging and streaming broker. Prior to 4.2.6, RabbitMQ AMQP 0-9-1 allows an existing consumer to keep receiving messages after OAuth token expiry or connection.update_secret refresh to reduced scopes because existing consumers are not canceled or reauthorized at delivery time after the channel user state changes. This issue is fixed in version 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) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/security/advisories/GHSA-wmrr-4h5v-5ch7
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/pull/16092
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/pull/16097
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/commit/501ad947cd6bbcc9486fe96e0d073992bfe52cc4
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/commit/db20d6c0fcf3056030f244b5adab0d45c0db0c9e
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/releases/tag/v4.2.6

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