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CVE-2026-67222BIT-RABBITMQ-2026-67222GHSA-85JR-6RR2-J73R

RabbitMQ: list_to_atom on auth_mechanism URI tokens in amqp_client

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 3.13.15, 4.0.20, 4.1.11, 4.2.6
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

RabbitMQ is a messaging and streaming broker. From 3.13.0 until 3.13.15, 4.0.20, 4.1.11, and 4.2.6, mechanisms/1 applied list_to_atom/1 to every colon-delimited token in an attacker-controlled auth_mechanism value, permanently consuming Erlang VM atoms and allowing the node to be crashed with a large request. Exploitation requires the Shovel or Federation plugin to be in use, and setting auth_mechanism requires the policymaker tag. This issue is fixed in versions 3.13.15, 4.0.20, 4.1.11, and 4.2.6.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • rabbitmq rabbitmq-server

    From 3.13.0 · fixed in 3.13.15; From 4.0.0 · fixed in 4.0.20; From 4.1.0 · fixed in 4.1.11; From 4.2.0 · fixed in 4.2.6

  • rabbitmqBitnami

    From 3.13.0 · fixed in 3.13.15; From 4.0.0 · fixed in 4.0.20; From 4.1.0 · fixed in 4.1.11; From 4.2.0 · fixed in 4.2.6

References 2

GitHub · rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server