CVE-2026-67407

RabbitMQ: Incomplete fix for CVE-2026-44838: `escape_regex_char/1` does not escape `-`, leaving room for an MQTT topic permission bypass

State
Published
Severity
5.1 Medium
Published
Sep 25, 2026
Updated
Sep 25, 2026
Reserved
Jul 29, 2026

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Description

RabbitMQ is a messaging and streaming broker. From 4.0.0 until 4.3.3 and 4.2.9 and 4.1.14 and 4.0.23, Incomplete fix for CVE-2026-44838: escaperegexchar/1 does not escape -, leaving room for an MQTT topic permission bypass. the CVE-2026-44838 fix made expandtopicpermission/2 escape regex metacharacters in expanded topic-permission variables (escaperegex(V)), but escaperegexchar/1 escapes \ ^ $ . | ? + ( ) [ ] { } and omits -. When a topic permission template places {clientid} inside a [...] character class A low-privileged authenticated MQTT user controlling its clientid can broaden topic authorization (read and write) when templates embed {clientid} in a [...] This issue is fixed in versions 4.3.3 and 4.2.9 and 4.1.14 and 4.0.23.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
4.05.1 MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:H/SA:NGitHub_M

Weaknesses

Affected Products

ProductVersions
rabbitmq-serverrabbitmq
  • >= 4.3.2, < 4.3.3Affected
  • >= 4.2.0, < 4.2.9Affected
  • >= 4.1.0, < 4.1.14Affected
  • >= 4.0.0, < 4.0.23Affected

References

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