CVE-2026-67409CWE-252

CVE-2026-67409

Medium · published September 25, 2026

CVSS v3.1
6.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
35.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

RabbitMQ is a messaging and streaming broker. From 3.13.0 until 4.3.3, 4.2.9, 4.1.14, 4.0.23, and 3.13.18, JWKS Fetch Ignores HTTP Response Status Code - Signing Key Destruction Causes Authentication DoS (CWE-252). the JWKS key fetching mechanism in uaajwt.erl does not validate the HTTP response status code when downloading signing keys from the OAuth2 provider's JWKS endpoint. Non-200 responses (including 4xx and 5xx errors) are processed identically to successful responses. When the JWKS endpoint returns an error response with a valid-JSON body that lacks a keys field, all previously cached signing keys are destroyed, causing a persistent authentication denial of Files: deps/rabbitmqauthbackendoauth2/src/uaajwt.erl, lines 50-63 deps/rabbitmqauthbackendoauth2/src/uaajwks.erl, lines 5-7 deps/rabbitmqauthbackendoauth2/src/rabbitoauth2provider.erl, lines 98-107 Bug 1: HTTP status code ignored (uaajwt.erl:50-63): The Erlang httpc module returns {ok, {{HttpVersion, StatusCode, ReasonPhrase}, Headers, Body}}. The pattern {ok, {, , JwksBody}} matches ANY successful HTTP transaction Persistent authentication DoS: Once keys are destroyed, ALL OAuth2/JWT authentication fails for all users until a new successful JWKS refresh occurs Amplification: A single attacker can deny access to all legitimate OAuth2 users across the entire RabbitMQ. This issue is fixed in versions 4.3.3, 4.2.9, 4.1.14, 4.0.23, and 3.13.18.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
8.2 · CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
EPSS
0.00418 · 35.0th percentile
Weakness
CWE-252 · Unchecked Return Value
Published
2026-09-25T21:17Z
Affected products (5)
ProductVersionsFixed in
broadcom/rabbitmq_server≥ 3.13.0, < 3.13.183.13.18
broadcom/rabbitmq_server≥ 4.0.0, < 4.0.234.0.23
broadcom/rabbitmq_server≥ 4.1.0, < 4.1.144.1.14
broadcom/rabbitmq_server≥ 4.2.0, < 4.2.94.2.9
broadcom/rabbitmq_server≥ 4.3.0, < 4.3.34.3.3
References (4)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 27 SEP 03:27Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 25 SEP 16:18Z
    RabbitMQ: JWKS Fetch Ignores HTTP Response Status Code - Signing Key Destruction Causes Authentication DoS
    cvelistv5