CVE-2023-46118 MEDIUM

CVE-2023-46118: Denial of Service by publishing large messages over the HTTP API

Vendor Rabbitmq
Product rabbitmq-server
Weakness CWE-400
Published October 24, 2023
Last update February 13, 2025
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CVSS base score

4.9/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required High
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

October 24, 2023 CVE published
February 13, 2025 Record updated