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.

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Attack Requirements Present

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact None

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None

Vulnerable System Availability Impact High

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

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The EPSS score is 0.0031.

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Vendor Product Default status Versions
rabbitmq rabbitmq-server affected
Version Status Constraints
>= 3.13.0, < 3.13.15 affected —
>= 4.0.0, < 4.0.20 affected —
>= 4.1.0, < 4.1.11 affected —
>= 4.2.0, < 4.2.6 affected —

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History

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

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First Time appeared Rabbitmq
Rabbitmq rabbitmq-server
Vendors & Products Rabbitmq
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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: 2026-09-25T16:00:16.437Z

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

Link: CVE-2026-67222

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Status : Received

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

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

Link: CVE-2026-67222

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

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