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CVE-2026-66073

6.5 · MEDIUM

RabbitMQ is a messaging and streaming broker.

Published Sep 25, 2026broadcomCWE-400EPSS 0.47%

Overview

CVE-2026-66073 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting broadcom rabbitmq_server. It was published on September 25, 2026 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.5 (MEDIUM).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.5, rated MEDIUM. It can be exploited remotely over the network. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

Technical description

RabbitMQ is a messaging and streaming broker. From 3.13.0 until 3.13.15 and 4.0.20 and 4.1.11 and 4.2.6, Atom table exhaustion via management API node field. pUT /api/queues/:vhost/:name (and the exchanges and bindings endpoints) accepts a node JSON field. The value goes through rabbitnodes:make → listtoatom with no cluster membership check first. Each unique value permanently leaks one atom. A March 2026 refactoring (ea61ce2563) introduced safe helpers in rabbitmgmtnodes.erl (parsenodename, safeatom, and requirenodename, using binarytoexistingatom) and fixed several callers (QQ replica ops, wmauthattempts, wmnodememoryets, getsortreverse, and rabbitfederationmgmt), but getnode/1 in rabbitmgmtutil.erl:880-885, the primary vector used by directrequest/6, was not Roughly 900K requests crash the VM via systemlimit, and all tenants lose Any user with the management tag and one vhost, the lowest privilege This issue is fixed in versions 3.13.15 and 4.0.20 and 4.1.11 and 4.2.6.

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from broadcom. Update rabbitmq_server to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

Affected products

VendorProductVersionsStatus
broadcomrabbitmq_server>= 3.13.0, < 3.13.15Affected

References

GitHubgithub.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/commit/7f64311471840e68f8cae09e4d4fdc4c8aca9229GitHubgithub.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/releases/tag/v4.2.6GitHubgithub.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/security/advisories/GHSA-6v53-r759-jrvx

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-66073?

CVE-2026-66073 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting broadcom rabbitmq_server. It was published on September 25, 2026 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.5 (MEDIUM).

How severe is CVE-2026-66073?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.5, rated MEDIUM. It can be exploited remotely over the network. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2026-66073?

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from broadcom. Update rabbitmq_server to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

How can CyberStrike help with CVE-2026-66073?

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