Resource exhaustion in Rabbitmq Rabbitmq-Server

CVE-2023-46118

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.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.013 (70.8th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 71st percentile — 70.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2023-46118: held from 0.011 to 0.013.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.013 · change: +0.002

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-46118?
CVE-2023-46118 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Rabbitmq Rabbitmq-Server, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2023-10-25.
How severe is CVE-2023-46118?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.