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RabbitMQ: ReDoS via AMQP 1.0 SQL filter LIKE wildcard

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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.

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BIT-rabbitmq-2026-67240

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Source reference: osv:BIT-rabbitmq-2026-67240

rabbitmq

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Fixed versions
4.2.7

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4.3.1

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Structured affected-version data

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[
  {
    "ranges": [
      {
        "type": "SEMVER",
        "events": [
          {
            "introduced": "4.2.0"
          },
          {
            "fixed": "4.2.7"
          },
          {
            "introduced": "4.3.0"
          },
          {
            "fixed": "4.3.1"
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "package": {
      "name": "rabbitmq",
      "purl": "pkg:bitnami/rabbitmq",
      "ecosystem": "Bitnami"
    },
    "severity": [
      {
        "type": "CVSS_V4",
        "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X"
      }
    ],
    "database_specific": {
      "source": "https://github.com/bitnami/vulndb/tree/main/data/rabbitmq/BIT-rabbitmq-2026-67240.json"
    }
  }
]
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CVE-2026-67240

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low

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CVE-2026-67240 · Low

rabbitmq-server

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#59625 · Revision 1
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