An issue was discovered in OpenStack oslo.messaging 1.0.0 through 17.3.0.
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Spoofing
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · None
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 1 fixed, 2 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-295.
Summary
An issue was discovered in OpenStack oslo.messaging 1.0.0 through 17.3.0. The oslo.messaging RabbitMQ driver does not perform TLS hostname verification when connecting to the message broker. When ssl_ca_file is configured, the driver enables certificate chain validation but does not pass the expected broker hostname into the underlying TLS stack. Any certificate signed by the deployment CA is accepted regardless of hostname, allowing an attacker who can intercept control-plane traffic to impersonate the RabbitMQ broker and perform a man-in-the-middle attack on RPC and notification traffic. All OpenStack services using oslo.messaging with RabbitMQ over TLS are affected.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | oslo.messaging (PyPI) | 1.0.0 – 17.3.0 | — | No fix listed | GHSA-76qh-xr7q-h39m |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- oslo.messaging (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 1.0.0 – 17.3.0 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-76qh-xr7q-h39m
Remediation
Red Hat 1 advisory
- RHSA-2026:54757 Released 2026-08-13 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2 security advisory
- Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2 collectd-sensubility-0.2.1-1.1.el8ost, erlang-23.3.4.18-2.el8ost, erlang-asn1-23.3.4.18-2.el8ost +41
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 18.0 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:54757 |
Not affected: 2 products
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
- Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-44393
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-76qh-xr7q-h39m
References
Other 6
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/oslo.messaging/+bug/2150316
- https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/OSSN/OSSN-0096
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-44393
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2484835
- https://github.com/openstack/oslo.messaging
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-44393.json
Sources
- CVE-2026-44393 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-44393 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-76qh-xr7q-h39m · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-44393 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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