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Medium · 6.0 CVE-2026-67220 EUVD-2026-85630

RabbitMQ: JMS topic exchange erl_scan atom exhaustion

Published Sep 23, 2026 · Updated Sep 24, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

RabbitMQ is a messaging and streaming broker. Prior to versions 3.13.15, 4.0.20, 4.1.11, 4.2.6, 4.3.0, When a binding is created on an x-jms-topic exchange, add_binding/3 reads the rjms_erlang_selector argument and passes it through erl_scan:string/1 then erl_parse:parse_term/1. erl_scan:string/1 interns every atom literal it tokenizes. validate_binding/2 is a no-op (-> ok.), there is no length cap, and the surrounding try/catch cannot reclaim atoms. The Java JMS client compiles selectors client-side, but the server does not enforce this , a raw AMQP client can send arbitrary selector strings. An authenticated low-privilege AMQP user confined to one vhost can crash the entire broker node (cross-tenant DoS) in <100 bind calls. Preconditions include rabbitmq_jms_topic_exchange plugin enabled (bundled; required for any JMS deployment) Authenticated AMQP user with read on an x-jms-topic exchange + write on a queue (or configure to declare both). This issue is fixed in versions 3.13.15, 4.0.20, 4.1.11, 4.2.6, 4.3.0.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
rabbitmq rabbitmq-server >= 3.13.0, < 3.13.15, >= 4.0.0, < 4.0.20, >= 4.1.0, < 4.1.11, >= 4.2.0, < 4.2.6 —

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 rabbitmq-server 4.3.0-2 —
Debian 13 rabbitmq-server No fix yet —
Debian 12 rabbitmq-server No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS rabbitmq-server No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS rabbitmq-server No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS rabbitmq-server No fix yet —
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS rabbitmq-server No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS rabbitmq-server No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS rabbitmq-server No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Red Hat Hardened Images 1 rabbitmq-server4.3 4.3.6-1.hum1 RHSA-2026:67552

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 3 rabbitmq-server 3.13.7-10 —

Advisories 2

References