Is CVE-2019-11287 actively exploited?

CVE-2019-11287 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2025-04-02.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2019-11287?

CVE-2019-11287 has a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH severity). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

How do I patch CVE-2019-11287?

Patch guidance is available from broadcom security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2019-11287.

Fix CVE-2019-11287 - HIGH broadcom rabbitmq server

Q: Which products are affected by CVE-2019-11287?

8 products: broadcom rabbitmq server, pivotal software rabbitmq, pivotal software rabbitmq, pivotal software rabbitmq, fedoraproject fedora, and 3 more.

Description

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.

CVSS Metrics

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector: network
Complexity: low
Privileges: none
User Action: none
Scope: unchanged
Confidentiality: none
Integrity: none
Availability: high
Weaknesses: CWE-400 CWE-134

Metadata

Primary Vendor: BROADCOM
Published: 11/23/2019
Last Modified: 4/2/2025
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

broadcom : rabbitmq_serverpivotal_software : rabbitmqpivotal_software : rabbitmqpivotal_software : rabbitmqfedoraproject : fedorafedoraproject : fedoraredhat : openstackdebian : debian_linux

Remediation Guidance

Executive Summary

View on NIST NVD