Pivotal RabbitMQ, versions 3.7.x prior to 3.7.21 and 3.8.x prior to 3.8.1, and RabbitMQ for Pivotal Platform, 1.16.x versions prior to 1.16.7 and 1.17.x versions prior to 1.17.4, contain a web management plugin that is vulnerable to a denial of service attack. The "X-Reason" HTTP Header can be leveraged to insert a malicious Erlang format string that will expand and consume the heap, resulting in the server crashing.

Affected Packages

Hex RabbitMQ

Affected versions: 3.7.0 (fixed in 3.7.21)

Hex RabbitMQ

Affected versions: 3.8.0 (fixed in 3.8.1)

Hex RabbitMQ

Affected versions: 0 (fixed in 1.16.7)

Hex RabbitMQ

Affected versions: 1.17.0 (fixed in 1.17.4)

Related CVEs

CVE-2019-11287

Key Information

GHSA ID

GHSA-hrfh-7j5f-8ccr

Published

May 24, 2022 5:01 PM

Last Modified

April 2, 2025 11:10 PM

CVSS Score

7.5 /10

Primary Ecosystem

Hex

Primary Package

RabbitMQ

GitHub Reviewed

✓ Yes

Dataset

Last updated: September 3, 2025 6:33 AM

Data from GitHub Advisory Database. This information is provided for research and educational purposes.