RabbitMQ: list_to_atom on auth_mechanism URI tokens in amqp_client (rabbitmq rabbitmq-server)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.32 % · percentile 25 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- GitHub_M
- NVD status
- Analyzed
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, 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.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
References
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 4.0 | MEDIUM 5.9 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N | GitHub_M |
| CVSS 4.0 | MEDIUM 5.9 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X | NVD · security-advisories@github.com (Secondary) |
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-87143
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-67222
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:rabbitmq_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 3.13.0 < 3.13.15cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:rabbitmq_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 4.0.0 < 4.0.20cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:rabbitmq_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 4.1.0 < 4.1.11cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:rabbitmq_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 4.2.0 < 4.2.6
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| rabbitmq · rabbitmq-server | affected >= 3.13.0, < 3.13.15 ; affected >= 4.0.0, < 4.0.20 ; affected >= 4.1.0, < 4.1.11 ; affected >= 4.2.0, < 4.2.6 |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |