RabbitMQ is a messaging and streaming broker. From 3.13.0 until 3.13.15 and 4.0.20 and 4.1.11 and 4.2.6, protected tag bypass via bulk-delete. dELETE /api/users/:name refuses to delete users tagged protected (rabbitmgmtwmuser:deleteresource/2 checks isprotecteduser). POST /api/users/bulk-delete iterates the supplied username list and calls rabbitauthbackendinternal:deleteuser/2 directly , that function has no protected-tag check , so the guard is silently An administrator can delete protected-tagged service accounts via the bulk endpoint, bypassing a safeguard the test suite confirms is rabbitmqmanagement enabled Attacker has the administrator tag A protected-tagged user. This issue is fixed in versions 3.13.15 and 4.0.20 and 4.1.11 and 4.2.6.

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Attack Requirements Present

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact None

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact Low

Vulnerable System Availability Impact None

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

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>= 3.13.0, < 3.13.15 affected —
>= 4.0.0, < 4.0.20 affected —
>= 4.1.0, < 4.1.11 affected —
>= 4.2.0, < 4.2.6 affected —

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History

Sat, 26 Sep 2026 11:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Rabbitmq
Rabbitmq rabbitmq-server
Vendors & Products Rabbitmq
Rabbitmq rabbitmq-server

Fri, 25 Sep 2026 16:30:00 +0000

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Description RabbitMQ is a messaging and streaming broker. From 3.13.0 until 3.13.15 and 4.0.20 and 4.1.11 and 4.2.6, protected tag bypass via bulk-delete. dELETE /api/users/:name refuses to delete users tagged protected (rabbitmgmtwmuser:deleteresource/2 checks isprotecteduser). POST /api/users/bulk-delete iterates the supplied username list and calls rabbitauthbackendinternal:deleteuser/2 directly , that function has no protected-tag check , so the guard is silently An administrator can delete protected-tagged service accounts via the bulk endpoint, bypassing a safeguard the test suite confirms is rabbitmqmanagement enabled Attacker has the administrator tag A protected-tagged user. This issue is fixed in versions 3.13.15 and 4.0.20 and 4.1.11 and 4.2.6.
Title RabbitMQ: protected tag bypass via bulk-delete
Weaknesses CWE-862
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 2.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-25T16:09:46.197Z

Reserved: 2026-07-23T23:25:28.898Z

Link: CVE-2026-66078

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-25T17:17:10.333

Modified: 2026-09-25T17:17:10.333

Link: CVE-2026-66078

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Updated: 2026-09-26T11:30:09Z

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