RabbitMQ is a messaging and streaming broker. From 4.2.0 until 4.2.9 and 4.3.3, the Shovel parameter parser converted attacker-controlled runtime parameter values into non-garbage-collected Erlang atoms before bounding them or checking a fixed allowlist. Exploitation requires network access to the Management HTTP API, valid credentials with both the management and policymaker tags, permission to set Shovel runtime parameters on a vhost, and the rabbitmq_shovel and rabbitmq_shovel_management plugins to be enabled. The attacker can exhaust the node-wide atom table and deny service, and malicious parameters are stored durably and reparsed when workers start, so atom pressure can recur after restart without a live attacker connection. This issue is fixed in versions 4.2.9 and 4.3.3.

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Attack Requirements Present

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact None

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None

Vulnerable System Availability Impact High

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

No EPSS score available.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
rabbitmq rabbitmq-server affected
Version Status Constraints
>= 4.3.0, < 4.3.3 affected —
>= 4.2.0, < 4.2.9 affected —

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https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/releases/tag/v4.2.9 cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/releases/tag/v4.3.3 cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/security/advisories/GHSA-8mpg-qw9r-m5cr cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
History

Fri, 25 Sep 2026 21:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Fri, 25 Sep 2026 16:45:00 +0000

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Description RabbitMQ is a messaging and streaming broker. From 4.2.0 until 4.2.9 and 4.3.3, the Shovel parameter parser converted attacker-controlled runtime parameter values into non-garbage-collected Erlang atoms before bounding them or checking a fixed allowlist. Exploitation requires network access to the Management HTTP API, valid credentials with both the management and policymaker tags, permission to set Shovel runtime parameters on a vhost, and the rabbitmq_shovel and rabbitmq_shovel_management plugins to be enabled. The attacker can exhaust the node-wide atom table and deny service, and malicious parameters are stored durably and reparsed when workers start, so atom pressure can recur after restart without a live attacker connection. This issue is fixed in versions 4.2.9 and 4.3.3.
Title RabbitMQ: Shovel Management Atom Exhaustion Allows Persistent Broker-Wide Denial of Service
Weaknesses CWE-400
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.9, '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'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-25T19:59:36.518Z

Reserved: 2026-07-29T15:02:20.412Z

Link: CVE-2026-67415

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Updated: 2026-09-25T19:59:15.862Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-25T17:17:13.690

Modified: 2026-09-25T20:17:39.433

Link: CVE-2026-67415

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Updated: 2026-09-25T18:45:17Z

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