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RabbitMQ: list_to_atom on auth_mechanism URI tokens in amqp_client

Type: advisorySource: Official CVE List1 source record

RabbitMQ is a messaging and streaming broker. From 3.13.0 until 3.13.15, 4.0.20, 4.1.11, and 4.2.6, mechanisms/1 applied list_to_atom/1 to every colon-delimited token in an attacker-controlled auth_mechanism value, permanently consuming Erlang VM atoms and allowing the node to be crashed with a large request. Exploitation requires the Shovel or Federation plugin to be in use, and setting auth_mechanism requires the policymaker tag. This issue is fixed in versions 3.13.15, 4.0.20, 4.1.11, and 4.2.6.

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CVE-2026-67222

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Security context

Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-67222

rabbitmq-server

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product

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[
  {
    "vendor": "rabbitmq",
    "product": "rabbitmq-server",
    "versions": [
      {
        "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-2026-67222

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medium

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#3119 · Revision 1
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