TI-2023-24760 Aliases CVE-2023-46118 GHSA-w6cq-9cf4-gqpg

Denial of Service by publishing large messages over the HTTP API

LOW 25CWE-400Published 2023-10-24 · Updated 2025-02-13

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: High
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · None · High
Fix status: Partial Red Hat: 1 fixed, 3 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-400.

Summary

RabbitMQ is a multi-protocol messaging and streaming broker. HTTP API did not enforce an HTTP request body limit, making it vulnerable for denial of service (DoS) attacks with very large messages. An authenticated user with sufficient credentials can publish a very large messages over the HTTP API and cause target node to be terminated by an "out-of-memory killer"-like mechanism. This vulnerability has been patched in versions 3.11.24 and 3.12.7.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01318 70th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Partial rabbitmq-server (rabbitmq): 3.12.7, 3.11.24rabbit_common (Hex): 3.12.7, 3.11.24Red Hat: 1 advisoryRed Hat: 1 fixed, 3 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
rabbitmq	rabbitmq-server	before 3.12.7; before 3.11.24	3.12.7, 3.11.24	Patch available	CNA
—	rabbit_common (Hex)	3.12.0 to before 3.12.7	3.12.7	Patch available	GHSA-w6cq-9cf4-gqpg
—	rabbit_common (Hex)	3.11.0 to before 3.11.24	3.11.24	Patch available	GHSA-w6cq-9cf4-gqpg

rabbitmq-server Vendorrabbitmq Affected before 3.12.7; before 3.11.24 Fixed in 3.12.7, 3.11.24 Patch available CNA
rabbit_common (Hex) Vendor— Affected 3.12.0 to before 3.12.7 Fixed in 3.12.7 Patch available GHSA-w6cq-9cf4-gqpg
rabbit_common (Hex) Vendor— Affected 3.11.0 to before 3.11.24 Fixed in 3.11.24 Patch available GHSA-w6cq-9cf4-gqpg

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:rabbitmq::::::::	before 3.11.24; 3.12.0 to before 3.12.7	Vulnerable	VMware

cpe:2.3:a:vmware:rabbitmq:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 3.11.24; 3.12.0 to before 3.12.7 Vulnerable ·VMware

Remediation

Fix · CNA rabbitmq-server (rabbitmq) Fixed in 3.12.7, 3.11.24
Fix · GHSA-w6cq-9cf4-gqpg rabbit_common (Hex) Fixed in 3.12.7 Advisory →
Fix · GHSA-w6cq-9cf4-gqpg rabbit_common (Hex) Fixed in 3.11.24 Advisory →

Red Hat 1 advisory

RHSA-2024:0217 Released 2024-01-16 · Red Hat rating Moderate
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1 (rabbitmq-server) security update
- Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1 rabbitmq-server-3.9.10-3.el9ost

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Product	Status	Plan or fix
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.1	Affected	No fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2	Affected	No fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 18.0	Affected	No fix yet
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1	Fixed	RHSA-2024:0217

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-46118
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-w6cq-9cf4-gqpg

References

Advisory 2

Other 3

TI-2026-41154 Improper authentication in rabbitmq-server CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
TI-2026-41149 RabbitMQ: UNC SSRF affecting the management UI on Windows CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
TI-2026-41158 Resource allocation without limits in rabbitmq-server CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
TI-2026-47695 RabbitMQ: OAuth2 Client Secret Exposed via Unauthenticated JavaScript Endpoint CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.2
TI-2026-47694 RabbitMQ: JWKS Fetch Ignores HTTP Response Status Code - Signing Key Destruction Causes Authentication DoS CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.2
TI-2026-45167 RabbitMQ Java client: Unvalidated Class.forName in JSON-RPC ProcedureDescription enables arbitrary class loading CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.5

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Sources

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