HTTP API's queue deletion endpoint does not verify that the user has a required permission
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-284.
Summary
RabbitMQ is a feature rich, multi-protocol messaging and streaming broker. In affected versions queue deletion via the HTTP API was not verifying the `configure` permission of the user. Users who had all of the following: 1. Valid credentials, 2. Some permissions for the target virtual host & 3. HTTP API access. could delete queues it had no (deletion) permissions for. This issue has been addressed in version 3.12.11 of the open source rabbitMQ release and in versions 1.5.2, 3.13.0, and 4.0.0 of the tanzu release. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade may disable management plugin and use, for example, Prometheus and Grafana for monitoring.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rabbitmq | rabbitmq-server | Open source RabbitMQ: >= 3.12.7, < 3.12.11; Tanzu RabbitMQ: >= 2.0.0, < 3.13.0; Tanzu RabbitMQ: < 1.5.2 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | rabbit_common (Hex) | 3.12.7 to before 3.12.11 | 3.12.11 | Patch available | GHSA-pj33-75x5-32j4 |
- rabbitmq-server Vendorrabbitmq Affected Open source RabbitMQ: >= 3.12.7, < 3.12.11; Tanzu RabbitMQ: >= 2.0.0, < 3.13.0; Tanzu RabbitMQ: < 1.5.2 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- rabbit_common (Hex) Vendor— Affected 3.12.7 to before 3.12.11 Fixed in 3.12.11 Patch available GHSA-pj33-75x5-32j4
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-pj33-75x5-32j4 rabbit_common (Hex) Fixed in 3.12.11 Advisory →
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 2 products
- Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2
- Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-51988
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-pj33-75x5-32j4
References
More rabbitmq vulnerabilities
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- TI-2026-41158 Resource allocation without limits in rabbitmq-server CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
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- 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
Sources
- CVE-2024-51988 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-51988 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-pj33-75x5-32j4 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2024-51988 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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