CVE-2019-11287
RabbitMQ Web Management Plugin DoS via heap overflow
- Published
- Nov 22, 2019
- Updated
- Sep 16, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- pivotal
- Evidence observed
- Aug 8, 2026
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HLow · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 91.1%
- Model date
- Oct 13, 2026
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Summary
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.
Sources
CVE-2019-11287: DoS via Heap Overflow in RabbitMQ Web Management Plugin
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