# CVE-2026-79921: amqp091-go has a Potential Memory Exhaustion/Protocol Violation via Broker-Controlled Oversized Payload

- Also known as: GO-2026-6372, GHSA-6C5V-HQJR-5XXP
- Severity: CVSS 8.9 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.13.0
- Published: 2026-08-26 · Updated: 2026-08-29

## Affected

- rabbitmq amqp091-go: fixed in 1.13.0
- github.com/rabbitmq/amqp091-go (Go): fixed in 1.13.0

## Description

amqp091-go is a Go AMQP 0.9.1 client. Before version 1.13.0, a compromised or malicious AMQP broker can force the client to allocate resources for and process content body frames that exceed the negotiated frame_max limit. This can lead to unexpected memory consumption or application-layer denial of service (DoS), bypassing the protocol's built-in framing constraints. Version 1.13.0 contains a fix. No known workarounds are available.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on rabbitmq amqp091-go, github.com/rabbitmq/amqp091-go, upgrade to a fixed version (1.13.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/rabbitmq/amqp091-go/security/advisories/GHSA-6c5v-hqjr-5xxp
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/amqp091-go/pull/353
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/amqp091-go/commit/6beb7b51f59e46ddcf8066ad498dad32491d3be0
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/amqp091-go/releases/tag/v1.13.0

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