RabbitMQ: Authenticated RabbitMQ JMS Topic Selector Users Can Consume Broker CPU with an Unbounded LIKE Regular Expression (rabbitmq rabbitmq-server)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.49 % · percentile 42 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- GitHub_M
- NVD status
- Analyzed
Description
RabbitMQ is a messaging and streaming broker. From 4.0.0 until 4.0.23, 4.1.14, 4.2.9, and 4.3.3, the optional rabbitmq_jms_topic_exchange plugin's x-jms-topic exchange accepted a client-controlled rjms_erlang_selector binding expression whose LIKE evaluator expanded percent and underscore wildcards into overlapping PCRE fragments. It executed those fragments with raw re:run/3 without match or recursion limits, allowing an authenticated tenant that can bind and publish to consume broker scheduler CPU and deny service with pathological selectors. This issue is fixed in versions 4.0.23, 4.1.14, 4.2.9, and 4.3.3.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-1333 — Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity
References
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/security/advisories/GHSA-chxf-3hfg-j8f7
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/commit/20203c50ea6ff459d462b2d4355326d3a870682c
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/commit/60de2fbbcd812ab294985cef260cc2f1b1a02a5b
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/commit/9e36b7f4c1e2eed77300288dca3e01bd9b23c432
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/commit/f4d9da668b7304dfb9aeb2b4e9ff766a1275d021
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/releases/tag/v4.2.9
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/releases/tag/v4.3.3
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 4.0 | MEDIUM 6.0 | 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 | GitHub_M |
| CVSS 4.0 | MEDIUM 6.0 | 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/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-2026-87228
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-67413
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:rabbitmq_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 4.0.0 < 4.0.23cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:rabbitmq_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 4.1.0 < 4.1.14cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:rabbitmq_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 4.2.0 < 4.2.9cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:rabbitmq_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 4.3.0 < 4.3.3
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| rabbitmq · rabbitmq-server | affected >= 4.2.0, < 4.2.9 ; affected >= 4.1.0, < 4.1.14 ; affected >= 4.3.0, < 4.3.3 ; affected >= 4.0.0, < 4.0.23 |
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 |