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RabbitMQ: Super-stream partitions unbounded allocation

Type: advisorySources: OSV

RabbitMQ is a messaging and streaming broker. Prior to versions 4.1.11, 4.2.6, and 4.3.0, validate_partitions only checks that the requested partition count is at least 1, with no upper bound. A large count such as lists:seq(0, 500000000) allocates roughly 8GB. Preconditions include The rabbitmq_stream_management plugin must be enabled. The caller needs the management tag and access to the target vhost.. This issue is fixed in versions 4.1.11, 4.2.6, and 4.3.0.

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Affected versions
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CVEs
CVE-2026-66080
Confirmed fixed CVEs
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Updated in this feed
6 Nov 2026, 17:51 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

RabbitMQ: Super-stream partitions unbounded allocation

core-osv · Original source

Published 23 Sept 2026, 20:20 UTC

RabbitMQ is a messaging and streaming broker. Prior to versions 4.1.11, 4.2.6, and 4.3.0, validate_partitions only checks that the requested partition count is at least 1, with no upper bound. A large count such as lists:seq(0, 500000000) allocates roughly 8GB. Preconditions include The rabbitmq_stream_management plugin must be enabled. The caller needs the management tag and access to the target vhost.. This issue is fixed in versions 4.1.11, 4.2.6, and 4.3.0.

osv:CVE-2026-66080
Complete source record
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