CVE-2026-69220
RabbitMQ Java client ValueReader: Unbounded recursive table/array nesting causes StackOverflowError DoS
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- GitHub_M
Description
The RabbitMQ Java client library allows Java and JVM-based applications to connect to and interact with RabbitMQ nodes. Prior to 5.33.1, src/main/java/com/rabbitmq/client/impl/ValueReader.java permits ValueReader.readTable and ValueReader.readArray to call ValueReader.readFieldValue recursively for AMQP table type F and AMQP array type A values without a nesting-depth limit. A malicious AMQP server or network intermediary can send approximately 580 nested table levels in the pre-authentication connection.start frame, fitting within the default 131072-byte frame maximum, to trigger StackOverflowError. The error terminates the client input processing thread and causes denial of service. This issue is fixed in version 5.33.1.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 4.0 | High8.7 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| NVDNVD · Awaiting Analysis | 4.0 | High8.7 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.73% · top 46% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.7.
Weakness
Affected products
rabbitmq · rabbitmq-java-client
- affected < 5.33.1
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavencom.rabbitmq:amqp-clientGHSA-93j5-89vc-pph4 (opens in a new tab)
References (6)
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-java-client/security/advisories/GHSA-93j5-89vc-pph4 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-java-client/pull/2007 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-java-client/pull/2008 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-java-client/commit/09af76fce136f3136931654a0a1d43095c80e2f0 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-java-client/commit/db89e34809fbc6ba4e946615f297f3684ccd0acc (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-java-client/releases/tag/v5.33.1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-93j5-89vc-pph4 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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