# CVE-2026-77407: RabbitMQ amqp091-go: Plaintext Credential Exposure via Exported PLAIN Authentication Struct Fields

- Also known as: GHSA-27GV-RFVV-22MV, GO-2026-6491
- Severity: CVSS 7.0 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:L/SA:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.13.0
- Published: 2026-09-16 · Updated: 2026-09-16

## Affected

- rabbitmq amqp091-go: fixed in 1.13.0
- github.com/rabbitmq/amqp091-go (Go): fixed in 1.13.0

## Description

RabbitMQ amqp091-go is a Go AMQP 0.9.1 client. Prior to 1.13.0, PlainAuth values defined in auth.go retain passwords as exported plaintext fields in Connection.Config.SASL after a successful PLAIN authentication handshake. The Connection.openComplete method in connection.go does not clear those values. Code with access to the Connection object, including reflective loggers, application performance monitoring agents, debugging utilities, and panic handlers, can traverse the configuration and expose the credentials to logs or state captures. The credential remains available for the lifetime of the connection instead of being cleared after authentication. This issue is fixed in version 1.13.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on rabbitmq amqp091-go, github.com/rabbitmq/amqp091-go, upgrade to a fixed version (1.13.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/rabbitmq/amqp091-go/security/advisories/GHSA-27gv-rfvv-22mv
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/amqp091-go/pull/350
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/amqp091-go/commit/fa013b8447eb60988db3c9281ff6b981e4d2fb4f
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/amqp091-go/releases/tag/v1.13.0

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