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Critical · 9.8 CVE-2026-105042 EUVD-2026-112726GHSA-fr7g-693q-6w7x

Apache Qpid Proton C: Unbounded recursion in parsing AMQP message bodies can lead to crash

Published Oct 29, 2026 · Updated Nov 5, 2026 · Assigned by apache

Description

A message body that is deeply nested and decoded by pn_message_body() could overflow the stack and cause a crash.

This issue affects Apache Qpid Proton C: through 0.40.0.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 0.41.1, which fixes the issue.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Apache Software Foundation Apache Qpid Proton C ≤ 0.40.0 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 qpid-proton No fix yet —
Debian 13 qpid-proton No fix yet —
Debian 12 qpid-proton No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 qpid-proton No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS qpid-proton No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS qpid-proton No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS qpid-proton No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS qpid-proton No fix yet —
Show 2 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS qpid-proton No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS qpid-proton No fix yet —

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 3 qpid-proton No fix yet —

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