{"id":"CVE-2026-67220","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"RabbitMQ: JMS topic exchange erl_scan atom exhaustion","description":"RabbitMQ is a messaging and streaming broker. Prior to versions 3.13.15, 4.0.20, 4.1.11, 4.2.6, 4.3.0, When a binding is created on an x-jms-topic exchange, add_binding/3 reads the rjms_erlang_selector argument and passes it through erl_scan:string/1 then erl_parse:parse_term/1. erl_scan:string/1 interns every atom literal it tokenizes. validate_binding/2 is a no-op (-> ok.), there is no length cap, and the surrounding try/catch cannot reclaim atoms. The Java JMS client compiles selectors client-side, but the server does not enforce this , a raw AMQP client can send arbitrary selector strings. An authenticated low-privilege AMQP user confined to one vhost can crash the entire broker node (cross-tenant DoS) in <100 bind calls. Preconditions include rabbitmq_jms_topic_exchange plugin enabled (bundled; required for any JMS deployment) Authenticated AMQP user with read on an x-jms-topic exchange + write on a queue (or configure to declare both). This issue is fixed in versions 3.13.15, 4.0.20, 4.1.11, 4.2.6, 4.3.0.","publishedAt":"2026-09-23T20:06:48.985Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-24T14:16:14.122Z","severity":{"score":6,"label":"Medium","version":"4.0","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","source":"GitHub_M"},"assigner":"GitHub_M","products":["rabbitmq rabbitmq-server"],"affected":[{"vendor":"rabbitmq","product":"rabbitmq-server","versions":[{"version":">= 3.13.0, < 3.13.15","status":"affected"},{"version":">= 4.0.0, < 4.0.20","status":"affected"},{"version":">= 4.1.0, < 4.1.11","status":"affected"},{"version":">= 4.2.0, < 4.2.6","status":"affected"}]}],"references":["https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/security/advisories/GHSA-r3qr-4h63-mvj2","https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/releases/tag/v4.2.6"],"weaknesses":["CWE-400"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T20:12:41.951Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2026/67xxx/CVE-2026-67220.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-67220","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2026-09-23T20:06:48.985Z","dateUpdated":"2026-09-24T14:16:14.122Z","assignerShortName":"GitHub_M","assignerOrgId":"a0819718-46f1-4df5-94e2-005712e83aaa","dateReserved":"2026-07-28T19:50:39.437Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"title":"RabbitMQ: JMS topic exchange erl_scan atom exhaustion","descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"RabbitMQ is a messaging and streaming broker. Prior to versions 3.13.15, 4.0.20, 4.1.11, 4.2.6, 4.3.0, When a binding is created on an x-jms-topic exchange, add_binding/3 reads the rjms_erlang_selector argument and passes it through erl_scan:string/1 then erl_parse:parse_term/1. erl_scan:string/1 interns every atom literal it tokenizes. validate_binding/2 is a no-op (-> ok.), there is no length cap, and the surrounding try/catch cannot reclaim atoms. The Java JMS client compiles selectors client-side, but the server does not enforce this , a raw AMQP client can send arbitrary selector strings. An authenticated low-privilege AMQP user confined to one vhost can crash the entire broker node (cross-tenant DoS) in <100 bind calls. Preconditions include rabbitmq_jms_topic_exchange plugin enabled (bundled; required for any JMS deployment) Authenticated AMQP user with read on an x-jms-topic exchange + write on a queue (or configure to declare both). 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