Local credential disclosure via process arguments
Published Jun 16, 2023 · Updated Mar 30, 2025
Credential exposure in rabbitmq-c 0.13.0 and earlier allows local users to read AMQP credentials from client process arguments. The amqp-publish and amqp-consume tools accept usernames and passwords through --password or --url and leave those values in the process argument vector. Exploitation requires a local low-privileged account able to enumerate another user's processes, exposing only credentials supplied through these command-line options.
Summary
What happened
Credential exposure in rabbitmq-c 0.13.0 and earlier allows local users to read AMQP credentials from client process arguments. The amqp-publish and amqp-consume tools accept usernames and passwords through --password or --url and leave those values in the process argument vector. Exploitation requires a local low-privileged account able to enumerate another user's processes, exposing only credentials supplied through these command-line options.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-35789
- Published
- Jun 16, 2023
- Updated
- Mar 30, 2025
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-522, T1057
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Jun 16, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Mar 30, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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