Vulnerability · Published May 18, 2021 · Assigned by vmware

CVE-2021-22117

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity code injection in RabbitMQ. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 49% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 50.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

RabbitMQ installers on Windows prior to version 3.8.16 do not harden plugin directory permissions, potentially allowing attackers with sufficient local filesystem permissions to add arbitrary plugins.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a RabbitMQ RabbitMQ Windows installers prior to version 3.8.16

Weakness: CWE-94

References