RabbitMQ is a messaging and streaming broker. From 3.13.0 until 3.13.15, 4.0.20, 4.1.11, and 4.2.6, mechanisms/1 applied list_to_atom/1 to every colon-delimited token in an attacker-controlled auth_mechanism value, permanently consuming Erlang VM atoms and allowing the node to be crashed with a large request. Exploitation requires the Shovel or Federation plugin to be in use, and setting auth_mechanism requires the policymaker tag. This issue is fixed in versions 3.13.15, 4.0.20, 4.1.11, and 4.2.6.
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Thu, 15 Oct 2026 20:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Broadcom
Broadcom rabbitmq Server
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:rabbitmq_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Broadcom
Broadcom rabbitmq Server
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


Mon, 28 Sep 2026 14:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Sat, 26 Sep 2026 11:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Rabbitmq
Rabbitmq rabbitmq-server
Vendors & Products Rabbitmq
Rabbitmq rabbitmq-server

Fri, 25 Sep 2026 16:30:00 +0000

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Description RabbitMQ is a messaging and streaming broker. From 3.13.0 until 3.13.15, 4.0.20, 4.1.11, and 4.2.6, mechanisms/1 applied list_to_atom/1 to every colon-delimited token in an attacker-controlled auth_mechanism value, permanently consuming Erlang VM atoms and allowing the node to be crashed with a large request. Exploitation requires the Shovel or Federation plugin to be in use, and setting auth_mechanism requires the policymaker tag. This issue is fixed in versions 3.13.15, 4.0.20, 4.1.11, and 4.2.6.
Title RabbitMQ: list_to_atom on auth_mechanism URI tokens in amqp_client
Weaknesses CWE-400
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-28T13:46:28.381Z

Reserved: 2026-07-28T19:50:39.437Z

Link: CVE-2026-67222

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-28T13:46:24.394Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-09-25T17:17:10.517

Modified: 2026-10-15T20:01:46.570

Link: CVE-2026-67222

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-26T11:30:09Z

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