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Low · 2.3 CVE-2026-67240 EUVD-2026-85636

RabbitMQ: ReDoS via AMQP 1.0 SQL filter LIKE wildcard

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

Description

RabbitMQ is a messaging and streaming broker. Prior to versions 4.2.7 and 4.3.1, pattern_to_regex maps % -> .*? and _ -> ., then compiles ^...$ with only [unicode]; re:run is called with only [{capture, none}] - no explicit match_limit. A pattern like %_%_..._%X becomes ^.*?..*?.....*?.X$ with overlapping lazy quantifiers. The whole-expression cap is ?MAX_EXPRESSION_LENGTH=4096 chars / ?MAX_TOKENS=200; a LIKE string literal is one token, so ~2000 %_ pairs fit. SQL filters are accepted unconditionally at rabbit_amqp_session.erl:3264 (no feature flag). Evaluated per-message at rabbit_stream_queue.erl:1439. OTP's default 10M match_limit caps each match at ~100-200 ms (not seconds), and the re NIF yields to the scheduler. An authenticated AMQP 1.0 consumer with read+write on a stream queue can cause ~100-200 ms of CPU per delivered message via a crafted LIKE filter, multiplied across thousands of messages and parallel sessions - a substantial backtracking-driven CPU amplification. Preconditions include AMQP 1.0 with stream queues in use Attacker can attach a receiver with a filter (read permission) and publish messages with long property values (write permission). This issue is fixed in versions 4.2.7 and 4.3.1.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
rabbitmq rabbitmq-server >= 4.2.0, < 4.2.7, >= 4.3.0, < 4.3.1 —

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 4.3.2-1 —
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

Advisories 2

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