Log4j2 AmqpAppender disables TLS hostname verification by default
Priority LOW 32CWE-297Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · None
- Fix status
- Deferred Red Hat: fix deferred
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
Any application shipping logs to RabbitMQ over TLS via the Log4j2 appender, relying on the documented default, is exposed to man-in-the-middle interception of every log event. Spring AMQP 4.1.0 Spring AMQP 4.0.0 - 4.0.4 Spring AMQP 3.2.0 - 3.2.12 Spring AMQP 2.4.18 and earlier
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00268 19th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Deferred Red Hat: fix deferred
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VMware | Spring AMQP | 4.1.0; 4.0.0 – 4.0.4; 3.2.0 – 3.2.12; up to 2.4.18 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Spring AMQP VendorVMware Affected 4.1.0; 4.0.0 – 4.0.4; 3.2.0 – 3.2.12; up to 2.4.18 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_advanced_message_queuing_protocol:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | before 2.4.19; 3.2.0 to before 3.2.13; 4.0.0 to before 4.0.4.1; 4.1.0 to before 4.1.0.1 | Vulnerable | VMware |
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_advanced_message_queuing_protocol:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 2.4.19; 3.2.0 to before 3.2.13; 4.0.0 to before 4.0.4.1; 4.1.0 to before 4.1.0.1 Vulnerable ·VMware
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat AI Inference Server | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat AMQ Broker 7 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Ceph Storage 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Ceph Storage 7 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Ceph Storage 8 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Data Grid 8 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) 3 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Fuse 7 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat JBoss Web Server 7 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Offline Knowledge Portal | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat build of Apache Camel 4 for Quarkus 3 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat build of Apache Camel for Spring Boot 4 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat build of Apicurio Registry 3 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-59272
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fp2f-68v2-xw9x
References
More VMware Spring Advanced Message Queuing Protocol vulnerabilities
- TI-2016-01983 org.springframework.core.serializer.DefaultDeserializer in Spring AMQP before 1.5.5… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-42408 Deserialization of untrusted data in VMware Spring AMQP CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.6
- TI-2021-05100 Deserialization of untrusted data in Spring AMQP CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2021-05098 Deserialization of untrusted data in Spring AMQP CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2026-42451 In Spring AMQP the link credit never replenished on listener exception path CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2026-42405 Admin password disclosed in BrokerNotAliveException message CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
Sources
- CVE-2026-59272 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-59272 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-fp2f-68v2-xw9x · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-59272 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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