GHSA-w6cq-9cf4-gqpg
Suggest an improvement- Source
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w6cq-9cf4-gqpg
- Import Source
- https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/06/GHSA-w6cq-9cf4-gqpg/GHSA-w6cq-9cf4-gqpg.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-w6cq-9cf4-gqpg
- Aliases
- Published
- 2026-06-30T16:39:12Z
- Modified
- 2026-06-30T16:45:17.913261799Z
- Severity
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- 4.9 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- RabbitMQ vulnerable to Denial of Service by publishing large messages over the HTTP API
- Details
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Summary
Responsibly disclosed by @NSEcho.
HTTP API did not enforce an HTTP request body limit, making it vulnerable for DoS attacks with very large messages.
Details
An authenticated user with sufficient credentials can publish a very large messages over the HTTP API and cause target node to be terminated by an "out-of-memory killer"-like mechanism.
A PoC was provided to Team RabbitMQ privately.
Impact
Denial of Service
- Database specific
{ "github_reviewed": true, "severity": "MODERATE", "cwe_ids": [ "CWE-400" ], "nvd_published_at": "2023-10-25T18:17:36Z", "github_reviewed_at": "2026-06-30T16:39:12Z" }- References
Affected packages
Hex / rabbit_common
Package
- Name
- rabbit_common
- Purl
- pkg:hex/rabbit_common
Hex / rabbit_common
Package
- Name
- rabbit_common
- Purl
- pkg:hex/rabbit_common