# CVE-2026-67412: RabbitMQ: Federation upstream skips vhost authorization allowing cross-vhost message access

- Also known as: BIT-RABBITMQ-2026-67412, GHSA-42PC-678Q-V8QJ
- Severity: CVSS 6.0 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.3.3, 4.2.9, 4.1.14, 4.0.24, 3.13.18
- Published: 2026-09-25 · Updated: 2026-09-25

## Affected

- rabbitmq rabbitmq-server: from 4.3.0, fixed in 4.3.3; from 4.2.0, fixed in 4.2.9; from 4.1.0, fixed in 4.1.14; from 4.0.0, fixed in 4.0.24; from 3.13.0, fixed in 3.13.18
- rabbitmq (Bitnami): from 3.13.0, fixed in 3.13.18; from 4.0.0, fixed in 4.0.24; from 4.1.0, fixed in 4.1.14; from 4.2.0, fixed in 4.2.9; from 4.3.0, fixed in 4.3.3

## Description

RabbitMQ is a messaging and streaming broker. From 3.13.0 until 4.3.3, 4.2.9 , 4.1.14, 4.0.24, and 3.13.18, Federation upstream in RabbitMQ skips vhost authorization allowing cross-vhost message access. what the bug lets you do. A policymaker on one vhost reads and drains messages out of another vhost it has no permission on. With the default ack-mode the source messages are consumed (deleted), not copied. Why that should not 1. Federation validates the upstream URI without any vhost-access Cross-vhost message read/drain from a per-vhost policymaker, breaking vhost tenancy This issue is fixed in versions 4.3.3, 4.2.9 , 4.1.14, 4.0.24, and 3.13.18.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on rabbitmq rabbitmq-server, rabbitmq, upgrade to a fixed version (4.3.3, 4.2.9, 4.1.14, 4.0.24, 3.13.18) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/security/advisories/GHSA-42pc-678q-v8qj
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/releases/tag/v4.2.9
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/releases/tag/v4.3.3

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