# CVE-2026-66068: RabbitMQ: Shovel DEBUG log of full state exposes decrypted URIs

- Also known as: BIT-RABBITMQ-2026-66068, GHSA-9WM4-9M6G-W38X
- Severity: CVSS 5.6 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.13.15, 4.0.20, 4.1.11, 4.2.6
- Published: 2026-09-23 · Updated: 2026-09-24

## Affected

- rabbitmq rabbitmq-server: from 3.13.0, fixed in 3.13.15; from 4.0.0, fixed in 4.0.20; from 4.1.0, fixed in 4.1.11; from 4.2.0, fixed in 4.2.6
- rabbitmq (Bitnami): from 3.13.0, fixed in 3.13.15; from 4.0.0, fixed in 4.0.20; from 4.1.0, fixed in 4.1.11; from 4.2.0, fixed in 4.2.6

## Description

RabbitMQ is a messaging and streaming broker. Prior to versions 3.13.15, 4.0.20, 4.1.11, 4.2.6, and 4.3.0, ?LOG_DEBUG("shutting down Shovel '~ts', ... Shovel state: ~tp", [Name, State]) formats the entire state map. The 'uris' field holds plaintext URIs after credentials_obfuscation:decrypt (called in rabbit_shovel_util:deobfuscated_uris/2). No format_status/1,2 callback exists in rabbit_shovel_worker to redact it. Triggered when an autodelete shovel (src-delete-after = N) completes. With DEBUG logging enabled, autodelete-shovel completion writes the full shovel state map , including decrypted amqp://user:password@host/ URIs , to the broker log file. Preconditions include Shovel plugin enabled with URI-embedded credentials DEBUG log level (non-default) Autodelete shovel configuration Attacker has log read access. This issue is fixed in versions 3.13.15, 4.0.20, 4.1.11, 4.2.6, and 4.3.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on rabbitmq rabbitmq-server, rabbitmq, upgrade to a fixed version (3.13.15, 4.0.20, 4.1.11, 4.2.6) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/security/advisories/GHSA-9wm4-9m6g-w38x
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/releases/tag/v4.2.6
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/releases/tag/v4.3.0

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