# CVE-2026-67230: RabbitMQ: Web-STOMP unbounded pre-auth accumulation

- Also known as: BIT-RABBITMQ-2026-67230, GHSA-7V63-J4GM-P4RH
- Severity: CVSS 6.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.2.6, 4.1.11, 4.0.20, 3.13.15
- Published: 2026-09-25 · Updated: 2026-09-29

## Affected

- rabbitmq rabbitmq-server: from 4.2.0, fixed in 4.2.6; from 4.1.0, fixed in 4.1.11; from 4.0.0, fixed in 4.0.20; from 3.13.0, fixed in 3.13.15
- rabbitmq (Bitnami): 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

## Description

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, the Web STOMP WebSocket handler enforced neither max_frame_size nor login_timeout before authentication, allowing an unauthenticated client to keep a connection alive with a slow stream of small frames and accumulate unbounded pre-authentication state. The rabbitmq_web_stomp plugin must be enabled, and no authentication is required to reach the vulnerable path. This issue is fixed in versions 3.13.15, 4.0.20, 4.1.11, and 4.2.6.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on rabbitmq rabbitmq-server, rabbitmq, upgrade to a fixed version (4.2.6, 4.1.11, 4.0.20, 3.13.15) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/security/advisories/GHSA-7v63-j4gm-p4rh
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/commit/0b4080fa5d6f797b6331d0ce1db2b4bacd34560e
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/commit/8138edae6d2beaafe699a41a754d17420bdc2068
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/commit/c1000ba89052608c01c052d98016403ba6e92222
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/releases/tag/v4.2.6

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