CVE-2021-22117

HIGH 7.8CVE-2021-22117 · Published 18/05/2021 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2021-22117 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability affecting rabbitmq server (broadcom).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.61%, higher than 49.3% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 3.8.16 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
rabbitmq server broadcom	`≥ 3.8.0, < 3.8.16`	`3.8.16`

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.

References

tanzu.vmware.com/security/cve-2021-22117 · Vendor Advisory

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

rabbitmq server

broadcom

≥ 3.8.0, < 3.8.16

3.8.16

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