CVE-2026-66080
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
Description
RabbitMQ is a messaging and streaming broker. Prior to versions 4.1.11, 4.2.6, and 4.3.0, validate_partitions only checks that the requested partition count is at least 1, with no upper bound. A large count such as lists:seq(0, 500000000) allocates roughly 8GB. Preconditions include The rabbitmq_stream_management plugin must be enabled. The caller needs the management tag and access to the target vhost.. This issue is fixed in versions 4.1.11, 4.2.6, and 4.3.0.
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
5.9
(v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Analyzed
Source identifier
Published
2026-09-23 21:16:59.787000
Last modified
2026-10-19 20:37:48.623000
View original CVE JSON
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