{"id":"CVE-2026-66078","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"RabbitMQ: protected tag bypass via bulk-delete","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.","publishedAt":"2026-09-25T16:09:46.197Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-29T19:24:14.403Z","severity":{"score":2.1,"label":"Low","version":"4.0","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","source":"GitHub_M"},"assigner":"GitHub_M","products":["rabbitmq rabbitmq-server"],"affected":[{"vendor":"rabbitmq","product":"rabbitmq-server","versions":[{"version":">= 3.13.0, < 3.13.15","status":"affected"},{"version":">= 4.0.0, < 4.0.20","status":"affected"},{"version":">= 4.1.0, < 4.1.11","status":"affected"},{"version":">= 4.2.0, < 4.2.6","status":"affected"}]}],"references":["https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/security/advisories/GHSA-j9m2-hw6x-rqr9","https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/commit/e5b890a64b42ec1f79a8e9d735512150cf77479c","https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/releases/tag/v4.2.6"],"weaknesses":["CWE-862"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T20:12:41.951Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2026/66xxx/CVE-2026-66078.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-66078","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2026-09-25T16:09:46.197Z","dateUpdated":"2026-09-29T19:24:14.403Z","assignerShortName":"GitHub_M","assignerOrgId":"a0819718-46f1-4df5-94e2-005712e83aaa","dateReserved":"2026-07-23T23:25:28.898Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"title":"RabbitMQ: protected tag bypass via bulk-delete","descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"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. 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