Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability · CVE-2023-46118

CVE-2023-46118 is listed by RabbitMQ is a multi-protocol messaging and streaming broker..

Published Oct 25, 2023 · catalog updated Jun 17, 2026 · the affected product

Last checked Nov 2, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2023-46118. EPSS is 1.32%. Act only if a listed version of the affected product is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No plain product name is stored. The page cannot tell you which product to check.
  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.

Same product and reporting

Severity
Medium4.9
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
1.32%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
cpe vmware/rabbitmq

CVE-2023-46118 is listed by RabbitMQ is a multi-protocol messaging and streaming broker..

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

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  • cpe vmware/rabbitmq< 3.11.24
  • cpe vmware/rabbitmq< 3.12.7

How to fix CVE-2023-46118

  • Upgrade

    CVE-2023-46118 lists a fix boundary at 3.11.24. Compare the installed build with that boundary before you change production.

  • Version check

    Affected < 3.11.24

  • Advisory

    Open the inventory_high record and follow its fix.

  • Official advisories

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2023-46118. EPSS is 1.32%. Act only if a listed version of the affected product is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with < 3.11.24, < 3.12.7. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. EPSS 1.32%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

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Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Oct 25, 2023 · Monitored products — high

    Detected

    CVE-2023-46118 is listed by RabbitMQ is a multi-protocol messaging and streaming broker..

  2. Jun 17, 2026 · Monitored products — high

    Updated

    CVE-2023-46118 is listed by RabbitMQ is a multi-protocol messaging and streaming broker..

Sources

  • Monitored products — highVendor advisoryCVE-2023-46118

    RabbitMQ is a multi-protocol messaging and streaming broker. HTTP API did not enforce an HTTP request body limit, making it vulnerable for denial of service (DoS) attacks with very large messages. An authenticated user with sufficient credentials can publish a very large messages over the HTTP API and cause target node to be terminated by an "out-of-memory killer"-like mechanism. This vulnerabilit

    nvd.nist.gov

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Nov 2, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • Monitored products — highNov 2, 2026