Skip to content
OpenAdvisories
High · 7.1 CVE-2026-67235 EUVD-2026-85652

RabbitMQ: AMQP 0-9-1 body assembly never validates accumulated size

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

Description

RabbitMQ is a messaging and streaming broker. Prior to versions 4.3.0, 4.2.6, 4.1.11, 4.0.20, and 3.13.15, The content-header BodySize (a uint64) was stored without validation against max_message_size. The size check ran only when assembly completed. By declaring body_size = 2^63-1 and then streaming fragments, a client ensured that check_msg_size never fired, so the accumulated body size went unbounded. A reader process accumulates memory until the memory alarm fires, degrading all publishers cluster-wide, or until the node runs out of memory. The memory alarm provides only partial mitigation, since it is reactive rather than preventive. AMQP 0-9-1 is the most widely used protocol, and any publisher can trigger this condition. Preconditions include Any authenticated AMQP 0-9-1 client with publish permission can exploit this.. This issue is fixed in versions 4.3.0, 4.2.6, 4.1.11, 4.0.20, and 3.13.15.

Affected products

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

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 4.0.5-10ubuntu5.2 USN-8933-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS rabbitmq-server 3.12.1-1ubuntu1.7 USN-8933-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS rabbitmq-server 3.9.27-0ubuntu0.6 USN-8933-1
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS rabbitmq-server 3.8.3-0ubuntu0.3+esm2 USN-8933-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS rabbitmq-server 3.6.10-1ubuntu0.5+esm1 USN-8933-1
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS rabbitmq-server 3.5.7-1ubuntu0.16.04.4+esm3 USN-8933-1
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