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Description

The RabbitMQ Java client library allows Java and JVM-based applications to connect to and interact with RabbitMQ nodes. Prior to 5.33.0, the AMQP connection tuning path records the negotiated AMQP frame_max value, but src/main/java/com/rabbitmq/client/impl/SocketFrameHandler.java and NettyFrameHandlerFactory continue to validate broker-controlled frame payload lengths against maxInboundMessageBodySize because the negotiated limit is not applied consistently through setMaxInboundFramePayloadSize. A malicious or compromised broker can send a method frame larger than the negotiated frame_max during or after connection establishment, causing the client to allocate and decode a protocol-invalid frame instead of rejecting it with MalformedFrameException. The protocol violation can disrupt the affected connection and cause client-side denial of service. This issue is fixed in version 5.33.0.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
rabbitmq rabbitmq-java-client < 5.33.0 —

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 13 rabbitmq-java-client No fix yet —
Debian 12 rabbitmq-java-client No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 rabbitmq-java-client No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS rabbitmq-java-client No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS rabbitmq-java-client No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS rabbitmq-java-client No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS rabbitmq-java-client No fix yet —
Show 1 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS rabbitmq-java-client No fix yet —

Wolfi

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Wolfi rolling cassandra-reaper 5.0.0-r9 —
Wolfi rolling druid 37.0.0-r54 —
Wolfi rolling logstash-9.3 +1 No fix yet —
Wolfi rolling logstash-9.4 +1 9.4.5-r3 —
Wolfi rolling thingsboard-tb-node +1 4.3.1.3-r23 —
Wolfi rolling zipkin 3.6.1-r22 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Maven com.rabbitmq:amqp-client < 5.33.0 5.33.0 GHSA-5xwg-cfvj-gff5

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