# CVE-2014-9494: RabbitMQ before 3.4.0 allows remote attackers to bypass the loopback_users restriction via a crafted X-Forwareded-For header.


- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 20 Jan 2015
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2014-9494, GHSA-rgxx-9mfj-x5rf

## What is CVE-2014-9494?

CVE-2014-9494 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 20 Jan 2015. 

### Official description

RabbitMQ before 3.4.0 allows remote attackers to bypass the loopback_users restriction via a crafted X-Forwareded-For header.

Weakness: CWE-264

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-9494?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Pivotal Software Rabbitmq.

## How do I fix CVE-2014-9494?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2014-9494 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-9494 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2018-1279](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-1279/): RabbitMQ cluster compromise due to deterministically generated cookie (high 8.5)
- [CVE-2016-0929](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-0929/): Information disclosure in n/a (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2014-9494 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2014-9494 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 20 Jan 2015. 
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-9494 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-9494/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-9494/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9494
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9494
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-9494

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.