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rabbitmq-server — security advisory
RabbitMQ all versions prior to 3.8.16 are prone to a denial of service vulnerability due to improper input validation in AMQP 1.0 client connection endpoint. A malicious user can exploit the vulnerability by sending malicious AMQP messages to the target RabbitMQ instance having the AMQP 1.0 plugin enabled.
- Products
- rabbitmq-server
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 3.9.4-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2021-22116
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 01:40 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
RabbitMQ all versions prior to 3.8.16 are prone to a denial of service vulnerability due to improper input validation in AMQP 1.0 client connection endpoint. A malicious user can exploit the vulnerability by sending malicious AMQP messages to the target RabbitMQ instance having the AMQP 1.0 plugin enabled.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2021-22116
rabbitmq-server
Fixed versions: 3.9.4-1
rabbitmq-server
Fixed versions: 3.9.4-1
rabbitmq-server
Fixed versions: 3.9.4-1
Complete source record
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