---
id: CVE-2026-67229
title: RabbitMQ is a messaging and streaming broker
summary: >-
  RabbitMQ is a messaging and streaming broker. Prior to versions 3.13.15,
  4.0.20, 4.1.11, 4.2.6, and 4.3.0, add_vhost/2 calls
  rabbit_data_coercion:atomize_keys/1 (the unsafe variant using binary_to_atom)
  on the vhost metadata map. The 20 …
severity: medium
cvss: 6.9
cvssVector: 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-400
  - CWE-770
vendor: rabbitmq
product: rabbitmq-server
affected:
  - 'rabbitmq-server >= 3.13.0, < 3.13.15'
  - 'rabbitmq-server >= 4.0.0, < 4.0.20'
  - 'rabbitmq-server >= 4.1.0, < 4.1.11'
  - 'rabbitmq-server >= 4.2.0, < 4.2.6'
published: '2026-09-23'
updated: '2026-09-24'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-24T15:17:29.787'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-67229'
references:
  - url: 'https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/releases/tag/v4.2.6'
    label: security-advisories@github.com
  - url: 'https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/releases/tag/v4.3.0'
    label: security-advisories@github.com
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/security/advisories/GHSA-ggrw-qm45-hwpv
    label: security-advisories@github.com
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/security/advisories/GHSA-ggrw-qm45-hwpv
    label: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
  - url: >-
      https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-67229.json
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-67229'
  - url: 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2539770'
  - url: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-67229'
  - url: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-67229'
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
  - exploit-available
  - csaf
  - vex
  - red-hat
  - score-dispute
exploitAvailable: true
ssvc:
  exploitation: poc
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2026-09-24T14:20:28.092524Z'
cvssSource: cna
scores:
  cna: 6.9
  vendor: 4.9
ingestedAt: '2026-09-23T21:33:13.530Z'
---

## Overview

RabbitMQ is a messaging and streaming broker. Prior to versions 3.13.15, 4.0.20, 4.1.11, 4.2.6, and 4.3.0, add_vhost/2 calls rabbit_data_coercion:atomize_keys/1 (the unsafe variant using binary_to_atom) on the vhost metadata map. The 20 MB management body limit fits ~1M+ short keys. Admin-only. An administrator importing a crafted definitions file can crash the node in a single request: a vhosts entry with ~1M unique metadata keys exhausts the atom table during import. Preconditions include administrator tag. This issue is fixed in versions 3.13.15, 4.0.20, 4.1.11, 4.2.6, and 4.3.0.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.

## Vendor advisories

- **Red Hat VEX** · Moderate · affected: Red Hat Hardened Images · no fix planned: Red Hat Hardened Images · updated 2026-09-24 · [vex](https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-67229.json)