Apache Qpid Proton-J: Unbounded disposition range handling can lead to denial of service
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Deferred Red Hat: fix deferred
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
An authenticated attacker can craft a disposition frame with large or illegal ranges causing excessive CPU usage due to naive range handling, leading to denial of service. This issue affects Apache Qpid Proton-J: through 0.34.1. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 0.35.0, which fixes the issue.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
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 AMQ Broker 7 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Fuse 7 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack | 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 Quarkus | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-66276
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jx9q-477g-4wgw
- 2026-10-14 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
References
More Apache Qpid Proton-j vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-47091 Apache Qpid Proton-J: Unbounded type nesting can lead to pre-authentication stackoverflow CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2026-47090 Apache Qpid Proton-J: Type size/count handling can lead to excessive allocation pre-authentication CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2026-47085 Apache Qpid Proton-J: Unbounded symbol value caching can lead to pre-authentication resource exhaustion CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2018-12286 Improper certificate validation in Apache Qpid Proton-J CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.4
- TI-2026-47094 Apache Qpid Proton-J: Unable to govern the maximum number of transfer frames per incoming delivery CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2026-47092 Apache Qpid Proton-J: Incoming session flow control window can be exceeded CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
Sources
- CVE-2026-66276 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-66276 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-jx9q-477g-4wgw · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-66276 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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