rabbitmq/rabbitmq-java-client · Security

RabbitMQ Java client accepts broker frames larger than the negotiated AMQP frame_max

GHSA ID
GHSA-5xwg-cfvj-gff5
CVE ID
CVE-2026-61634
Severity
low
Published
Updated
CVSS v4
0 · CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Description

Summary

The max body size was enforced to patch CVE-2023-46120, but even though that limit still works, the frame size itself still exceeds the given max size.

Root cause

The Java client records the AMQP 0-9-1 frame_max negotiated during connection tuning, but the socket inbound frame reader continues to validate broker-controlled payload lengths against the much larger maxInboundMessageBodySize limit. A broker peer can therefore send a method frame whose payload is larger than the negotiated frame_max, have it allocated and decoded, and complete the connection handshake instead of being rejected as a protocol violation.

Reported by Team Atlanta.

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