RabbitMQ: JMS topic exchange erl_scan atom exhaustion
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.
CVE-2026-67220
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Security context
Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-67220
rabbitmq-server
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product
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"vendor": "rabbitmq",
"product": "rabbitmq-server",
"versions": [
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"status": "affected",
"version": ">= 3.13.0, < 3.13.15"
},
{
"status": "affected",
"version": ">= 4.0.0, < 4.0.20"
},
{
"status": "affected",
"version": ">= 4.1.0, < 4.1.11"
},
{
"status": "affected",
"version": ">= 4.2.0, < 4.2.6"
}
]
}
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- CVE-2026-67220
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medium
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- #923 · Revision 1
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