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Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: UBUNTU-CVE-2026-66074

RabbitMQ is a messaging and streaming broker. Prior to versions 3.13.15, 4.0.20, 4.1.11, 4.2.6, and 4.3.0, match_value/3 passes the user-supplied ?name= regular expression to re:run with no match_limit option, and executes it once per resource in the result set. OTP's default 10M match_limit caps each call at roughly 100-200ms, but the regex runs once per resource in the result set. With a large set, for example 5000 queues at 150ms each, a single request consumes 12 or more minutes of CPU. Parallel requests saturate the schedulers. The use_regex=true option is a supported feature on list endpoints, so this path is reachable through normal API use. Preconditions include Any user with the management tag can exploit this.. This issue is fixed in versions 3.13.15, 4.0.20, 4.1.11, 4.2.6, and 4.3.0.

Products
rabbitmq-server
Affected versions
3.12.1-1, 3.12.1-1ubuntu1, 3.12.1-1ubuntu1.2, 3.12.1-1ubuntu1.4, 3.12.1-1ubuntu1.6, 3.12.1-1ubuntu1.7, 3.5.4-1, 3.5.4-3, 3.5.4-3.1, 3.5.7-1, 3.5.7-1ubuntu0.16.04.1, 3.5.7-1ubuntu0.16.04.2, 3.5.7-1ubuntu0.16.04.4, 3.5.7-1ubuntu0.16.04.4+esm1, 3.5.7-1ubuntu0.16.04.4+esm2, 3.5.7-1ubuntu0.16.04.4+esm3, 3.6.10-1, 3.6.10-1ubuntu0.1, 3.6.10-1ubuntu0.3, 3.6.10-1ubuntu0.4, 3.6.10-1ubuntu0.5, 3.6.10-1ubuntu0.5+esm1, 3.7.18-1, 3.7.8-4ubuntu2, 3.8.2-0ubuntu1, 3.8.2-0ubuntu1.1, 3.8.2-0ubuntu1.2, 3.8.2-0ubuntu1.3, 3.8.2-0ubuntu1.4, 3.8.2-0ubuntu1.5, 3.8.3-0ubuntu0.1, 3.8.3-0ubuntu0.2, 3.8.3-0ubuntu0.3, 3.8.3-0ubuntu0.3+esm1, 3.8.3-0ubuntu0.3+esm2, 3.8.9-3ubuntu1, 3.9.13-1, 3.9.13-1ubuntu0.22.04.1, 3.9.13-1ubuntu0.22.04.2, 3.9.27-0ubuntu0.1, 3.9.27-0ubuntu0.2, 3.9.27-0ubuntu0.5, 3.9.27-0ubuntu0.6, 3.9.8-1, 3.9.8-2, 3.9.8-3, 3.9.8-5, 3.9.8-6, 4.0.5-10ubuntu1, 4.0.5-10ubuntu2, 4.0.5-10ubuntu3, 4.0.5-10ubuntu4, 4.0.5-10ubuntu5, 4.0.5-10ubuntu5.1, 4.0.5-10ubuntu5.2, 4.0.5-8ubuntu2
Fixed versions
Not specified
CVEs
CVE-2026-66074
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 17:58 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-66074

core-osv · Original source

Published 23 Sept 2026, 21:16 UTC

RabbitMQ is a messaging and streaming broker. Prior to versions 3.13.15, 4.0.20, 4.1.11, 4.2.6, and 4.3.0, match_value/3 passes the user-supplied ?name= regular expression to re:run with no match_limit option, and executes it once per resource in the result set. OTP's default 10M match_limit caps each call at roughly 100-200ms, but the regex runs once per resource in the result set. With a large set, for example 5000 queues at 150ms each, a single request consumes 12 or more minutes of CPU. Parallel requests saturate the schedulers. The use_regex=true option is a supported feature on list endpoints, so this path is reachable through normal API use. Preconditions include Any user with the management tag can exploit this.. This issue is fixed in versions 3.13.15, 4.0.20, 4.1.11, 4.2.6, and 4.3.0.

osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2026-66074

rabbitmq-server

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rabbitmq-server

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rabbitmq-server

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rabbitmq-server

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rabbitmq-server

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Complete source record
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