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CVE-2018-1279

RabbitMQ cluster compromise due to deterministically generated cookie

HIGH
8.5
CVSS Score
Published: December 10, 2018 at 07:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:50 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorRabbitMQ

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Severity
HIGH8.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

Description

Pivotal RabbitMQ for PCF, all versions, uses a deterministically generated cookie that is shared between all machines when configured in a multi-tenant cluster. A remote attacker who can gain information about the network topology can guess this cookie and, if they have access to the right ports on any server in the MQ cluster can use this cookie to gain full control over the entire cluster.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

RabbitMQ· VMware
95%
1 ≤ v < all versions*1
Affected range stops below all versions*, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (1)

x_refsource_CONFIRMMitigationVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2018-1279

CVSS

8.5HIGHdell
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-330

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