Vulnerability · Published Sep 25, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M
CVE-2026-67227RabbitMQ: Atom exhaustion: to_atom on global-parameter :name
Medium 5.9
In plain English
A medium-severity uncontrolled resource consumption in rabbitmq-server from rabbitmq. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 32% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
RabbitMQ is a messaging and streaming broker. From 4.0.0 until 4.0.22 and 4.1.14 and 4.2.7 and 4.3.1, Atom exhaustion: toatom on global-parameter :name. resourceexists/2 (and the PUT/DELETE handlers) call rabbitdatacoercion:toatom/1 on the :name URL path segment. toatom/1 uses binarytoatom/2 (unsafe). The endpoint requires policymaker (not management, but below A user with the policymaker tag can crash the node by exhausting the atom table via repeated requests to /api/global-parameters/:name with unique :name Management plugin enabled policymaker tag ~1M HTTP. This issue is fixed in versions 4.0.22 and 4.1.14 and 4.2.7 and 4.3.1.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | rabbitmq-server | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-67227 |
| Debian:13 | rabbitmq-server | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-67227 |
| Debian:14 | rabbitmq-server | 4.3.2-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-67227 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | rabbitmq-server | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-67227 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | rabbitmq-server | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-67227 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | rabbitmq-server | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-67227 |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| rabbitmq | rabbitmq-server | >= 4.0.0, < 4.0.22>= 4.1.0, < 4.1.14>= 4.2.0, < 4.2.7>= 4.3.0, < 4.3.1 |
Weakness: CWE-400 · 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
References
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/security/advisories/GHSA-q7x8-97rh-cr24 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/commit/8fbe6d8112427e85fb9a9206b3eb6e9a3ddd3e39 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/commit/fc591e7ee27a29657ca960930acefd3e4217e007 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/releases/tag/v4.2.7 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/releases/tag/v4.3.1 x_refsource_MISC