# CVE-2026-59272: Log4j2 AmqpAppender disables TLS hostname verification by default

- Severity: CVSS 6.8 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-08-27 · Updated: 2026-08-28

## Affected

- Spring Spring AMQP: from 4.0.0, through 4.0.4; from 3.2.0, through 3.2.12; through 2.4.18

## Description

Any application shipping logs to RabbitMQ over TLS via the Log4j2 appender, relying on the documented default, is exposed to man-in-the-middle interception of every log event. Spring AMQP 4.1.0 Spring AMQP 4.0.0 - 4.0.4 Spring AMQP 3.2.0 - 3.2.12 Spring AMQP 2.4.18 and earlier

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Spring Spring AMQP, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-59272

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