# CVE-2026-66075: RabbitMQ: Monitoring-tag user can restart federation links

- Also known as: BIT-RABBITMQ-2026-66075, GHSA-G5V3-W5XG-62Q2
- Severity: CVSS 2.3 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/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, 4.3.1
- 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; from 4.3.0, fixed in 4.3.1
- 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; from 4.3.0, fixed in 4.3.1

## Description

RabbitMQ is a messaging and streaming broker. Prior to versions 3.13.15, 4.0.20, 4.1.11, 4.2.6, and 4.3.1, is_authorized/2 for the /federation-links/.../restart route uses is_authorized_monitor (accepts the monitoring tag), while allowed_methods permits DELETE and delete_resource/2 triggers rabbit_federation_link_sup:restart. There is no per-method elevation check and no comment marking it intentional. A read-only monitoring user can restart any federation link , a state-changing operation that disrupts message flow. Preconditions include rabbitmq_federation + rabbitmq_federation_management plugins enabled Attacker has credentials with the monitoring tag. This issue is fixed in versions 3.13.15, 4.0.20, 4.1.11, 4.2.6, and 4.3.1.

## 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, 4.3.1) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/security/advisories/GHSA-g5v3-w5xg-62q2
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/releases/tag/v4.2.6
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/releases/tag/v4.3.1

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