CVE-2019-11287 | RabbitMQ Web Management Plugin DoS via heap overflow

Exp

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.

Published: 2019-11-23 Last update: 2025-04-02 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2019-11287 is rated High Exploit Risk (77.5/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.60%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.22% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2019-11287

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2019-11287

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-04-20 3.39% 4.60% +1.22%
2 2026-04-19 3.05% 3.39% +0.34%
3 2026-01-24 — 3.05% —

Full EPSS history (25 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2019-11287

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 3.6 [email protected]
4.5 3.0 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:H)
They need powerful rights—admin, root, or similar—before this pays off.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 0.9 3.6 [email protected]
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2019-11287

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2019-11287

GHSA-hrfh-7j5f-8ccr · Severity: high · Ecosystem: erlang — Pivotal RabbitMQ is vulnerable to a denial of service attack

OS Trackers for CVE-2019-11287

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2019-11287 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (rabbitmq-server), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-11287
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-11287
suse high CVE-2019-11287 severity important: SUSE including 49 source package names (ardana-ansible-8.0+git.1660773729.3789a6d-3.85.1, ardana-ansible-9.0+git.1660748476.c118d23-3.32.1, …), 118 product×package rows across 18 product lines (HPE Helion OpenStack 8, SUSE CaaS Platform 4.5, … (18 product lines)): Fixed 91, Known Not Affected 27. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-11287/
ubuntu low CVE-2019-11287 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (rabbitmq-server), 11 status rows across 11 suites (bionic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 5, ignored 2, released 2, DNE 1, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-11287

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2019-11287

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
broadcom rabbitmq_server >= 3.8.0, < 3.8.1 cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:rabbitmq_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pivotal_software rabbitmq >= 1.16.0, < 1.16.7 cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:rabbitmq:*:*:*:*:*:pivotal_cloud_foundry:*:*
pivotal_software rabbitmq >= 1.17.0, < 1.17.4 cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:rabbitmq:*:*:*:*:*:pivotal_cloud_foundry:*:*
pivotal_software rabbitmq >= 3.7.0, < 3.7.21 cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:rabbitmq:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 30 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 31 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat openstack 15 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2019-11287

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