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

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  "id": "4040e16b1afe30fa18e1ad59e6a6b548c8e11e8f1cb12fb866a47de280aff091",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BIT-rabbitmq-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:BIT-rabbitmq-2026-67229",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "rabbitmq",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "3.13.15",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          },
          {
            "value": "4.0.20",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          },
          {
            "value": "4.1.11",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          },
          {
            "value": "4.2.6",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      }
    ],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "BIT-rabbitmq-2026-67229",
      "aliases": [
        "BIT-rabbitmq-2026-67229",
        "CVE-2026-67229",
        "GHSA-ggrw-qm45-hwpv"
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "SEMVER",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "3.13.0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "3.13.15"
                },
                {
                  "introduced": "4.0.0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "4.0.20"
                },
                {
                  "introduced": "4.1.0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "4.1.11"
                },
                {
                  "introduced": "4.2.0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "4.2.6"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "rabbitmq",
            "purl": "pkg:bitnami/rabbitmq",
            "ecosystem": "Bitnami"
          },
          "severity": [
            {
              "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/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-2026-67229.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:30:07.389972078Z",
      "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/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/security/advisories/GHSA-ggrw-qm45-hwpv",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-67229"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cpes": [
          "cpe:2.3:a:vmware:rabbitmq:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
        ],
        "severity": "Medium"
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2026-67229",
        "evidence": "/aliases"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/database_specific/severity"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 379086,
  "published_at": "2026-10-01T09:33:21.237+00:00"
}