RabbitMQ: Admin-only atom exhaustion: atomize_keys on vhost metadata

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  "id": "9dfde53b0bd758c884027d4ccf734f94ec0a1fa939e98130a656ab98ae072801",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-67229",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "RabbitMQ: Admin-only atom exhaustion: atomize_keys on vhost metadata",
    "summary": "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, add_vhost/2 calls rabbit_data_coercion:atomize_keys/1 (the unsafe variant using binary_to_atom) on the vhost metadata map. The 20 MB management body limit fits ~1M+ short keys. Admin-only. An administrator importing a crafted definitions file can crash the node in a single request: a vhosts entry with ~1M unique metadata keys exhausts the atom table during import. Preconditions include administrator tag. This issue is fixed in versions 3.13.15, 4.0.20, 4.1.11, 4.2.6, and 4.3.0.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2026-67229",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
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      "id": "CVE-2026-67229",
      "aliases": [
        "BIT-rabbitmq-2026-67229",
        "CVE-2026-67229",
        "GHSA-ggrw-qm45-hwpv"
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          "type": "CVSS_V4",
          "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N"
        }
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              "type": "GIT",
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                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:rabbitmq_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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            "v4.2.5",
            "v4.2.4",
            "v4.2.3",
            "v4.2.2",
            "v4.2.1",
            "v4.2.0"
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          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-67229.json"
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:26.798421871Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/releases/tag/v4.2.6",
        "https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/releases/tag/v4.3.0",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/67xxx/CVE-2026-67229.json",
        "https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/security/advisories/GHSA-ggrw-qm45-hwpv",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-67229"
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      "provider_metadata": {
        "cwe_ids": [
          "CWE-400"
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        "cna_assigner": "GitHub_M",
        "unresolved_ranges": [
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            "extracted_events": [
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                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "3.13.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "fixed": "3.13.15"
                  },
                  {
                    "introduced": "4.0.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "fixed": "4.0.20"
                  },
                  {
                    "introduced": "4.1.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "fixed": "4.1.11"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD",
                "strategy": "StringRangeExpression"
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        ],
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      }
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    "related_cves": [
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 493515,
  "published_at": "2026-09-23T20:22:40.596+00:00"
}