# CVE-2026-57220: RabbitMQ: Stream listener does not enforce configured frame-size limit during authentication, permitting unauth'd mem-exhaust DoS

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.2.6
- Published: 2026-07-10 · Updated: 2026-07-13

## Affected

- rabbitmq rabbitmq-server: from 4.2.0, fixed in 4.2.6

## Description

RabbitMQ is a messaging and streaming broker. Prior to 4.2.6, the RabbitMQ stream listener does not enforce the configured stream frame-size limit while assembling frames during authentication and before Tune negotiation, allowing an unauthenticated remote client to declare oversized frame lengths and consume broker memory in rabbit_stream_core. This issue is fixed in version 4.2.6.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on rabbitmq rabbitmq-server, upgrade to a fixed version (4.2.6) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/security/advisories/GHSA-f364-87q5-j35q
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/pull/16171
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/pull/16173
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/commit/595ec28fa1621b1f2c28124e4e0466a8ad963547
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/commit/773a49c4921e8be990262a2d609c35916825679e
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/releases/tag/v4.2.6

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