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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD7.1 High

CVE-2026-67235

RabbitMQ: AMQP 0-9-1 body assembly never validates accumulated size

Description

RabbitMQ is a messaging and streaming broker. Prior to versions 4.3.0, 4.2.6, 4.1.11, 4.0.20, and 3.13.15, The content-header BodySize (a uint64) was stored without validation against max_message_size. The size check ran only when assembly completed. By declaring body_size = 2^63-1 and then streaming fragments, a client ensured that check_msg_size never fired, so the accumulated body size went unbounded. A reader process accumulates memory until the memory alarm fires, degrading all publishers cluster-wide, or until the node runs out of memory. The memory alarm provides only partial mitigation, since it is reactive rather than preventive. AMQP 0-9-1 is the most widely used protocol, and any publisher can trigger this condition. Preconditions include Any authenticated AMQP 0-9-1 client with publish permission can exploit this.. This issue is fixed in versions 4.3.0, 4.2.6, 4.1.11, 4.0.20, and 3.13.15.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

rabbitmq rabbitmq-server

  • >= 4.2.0, < 4.2.6affected
  • >= 4.1.0, < 4.1.11affected
  • >= 4.0.0, < 4.0.20affected
  • >= 3.13.0, < 3.13.15affected

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