RabbitMQ amqp091-go: Denial of Service via Malicious Field Length in AMQP Client
**Summary** A vulnerability in the readField function allows a malicious or compromised AMQP server to trigger an unhandled runtime panic in the client application, leading to an immediate crash of the entire process. **Details** When parsing incoming AMQP frames, the `readField` function processes byte-array fields (type tag `'x'`) by reading a 32-bit big-endian integer to determine the length of the data payload. ```go // read.go:253-263 case 'x': var len int32 if err = binary.Read(r, binary.BigEndian, &len); err != nil { return nil, err } value := make([]byte, len) // PANICS if len < 0 ``` If a server transmits a length value of `0xFFFFFFFF`, it is interpreted by the client as a signed 32-bit integer with a value of `-1`. Passing a negative integer to Go's built-in make() function for slice allocation triggers an unrecoverable runtime panic (panic: len out of range). Because the reader goroutine handles network I/O without an explicit recover() wrapper, this panic propagates up to the runtime root, abruptly terminating the host application. **Attack Vector / Exploitation Scenario** An attacker capable of spoofing, compromising, or controlling an AMQP broker can exploit this flaw during two primary phases: 1. Connection Establishment: Sending a malicious connection.start handshake frame containing server-properties with an 'x' type field assigned a negative length. 2. Message Delivery: Delivering a message payload where the header table contains a malformed field matching t
GHSA-4v58-74mf-rjx3
Primary source · Revision 1
Imported from structured advisory data. Source references identify upstream records or fields; verify affected versions and your deployed configuration.
Security context
Source reference: osv:GHSA-4v58-74mf-rjx3
github.com/rabbitmq/amqp091-go
Source reference: /affected/0/package/name
- Affected versions
- Not stated in this record
- Fixed versions
- 1.13.0
Source reference:
/affected/0/ranges - Prerequisites
- Not stated in this record
Structured affected-version data
Original package identities and version rules from this source.
[
{
"ranges": [
{
"type": "SEMVER",
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "1.13.0"
}
]
}
],
"package": {
"name": "github.com/rabbitmq/amqp091-go",
"purl": "pkg:golang/github.com/rabbitmq/amqp091-go",
"ecosystem": "Go"
},
"database_specific": {
"source": "https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/09/GHSA-4v58-74mf-rjx3/GHSA-4v58-74mf-rjx3.json"
}
}
]- Related CVEs
- CVE-2026-77412
Source reference:
/aliases
Publisher severity
high
Source reference: /database_specific/severity
- Event
- #63916 · Revision 1
- Added to Heist Feed
- Publisher date
GO-2026-6494
Revision 2
RabbitMQ amqp091-go: Denial of Service via Malicious Field Length in AMQP Client in github.com/rabbitmq/amqp091-go
RabbitMQ amqp091-go: Denial of Service via Malicious Field Length in AMQP Client in github.com/rabbitmq/amqp091-go
Imported from structured advisory data. Source references identify upstream records or fields; verify affected versions and your deployed configuration.
Security context
Source reference: osv:GO-2026-6494
github.com/rabbitmq/amqp091-go
Source reference: /affected/0/package/name
- Affected versions
- Not stated in this record
- Fixed versions
- 1.13.0
Source reference:
/affected/0/ranges - Prerequisites
- Not stated in this record
Structured affected-version data
Original package identities and version rules from this source.
[
{
"ranges": [
{
"type": "SEMVER",
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "1.13.0"
}
]
}
],
"package": {
"name": "github.com/rabbitmq/amqp091-go",
"purl": "pkg:golang/github.com/rabbitmq/amqp091-go",
"ecosystem": "Go"
},
"database_specific": {
"source": "https://vuln.go.dev/ID/GO-2026-6494.json"
},
"ecosystem_specific": {
"imports": [
{
"path": "github.com/rabbitmq/amqp091-go",
"symbols": [
"Connection.Reconnect",
"DefaultConnectionRecovery.OnConnectionClose",
"Dial",
"DialConfig",
"DialTLS",
"DialTLS_ExternalAuth",
"Open",
"readField",
"reader.ReadFrame"
]
}
]
}
}
]- Related CVEs
- CVE-2026-77412
Source reference:
/aliases
Publisher severity
No explicit severity was provided.
- Event
- #63917 · Revision 2
- Added to Heist Feed
- Publisher date