RabbitMQ: Shovel Management Atom Exhaustion Allows Persistent Broker-Wide Denial of Service
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 1 fixed, 5 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-400.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- 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
- Fix · CNA rabbitmq-server (rabbitmq) Fixed in 4.3.3, 4.2.9
Red Hat 1 advisory
- RHSA-2026:67552 Released 2026-09-15 · Red Hat rating ImportantRed Hat Hardened Images RPMs bug fix and enhancement update
- Red Hat Hardened Images rabbitmq-server4.3-4.3.6-1.hum1@aarch64, rabbitmq-server4.3-4.3.6-1.hum1@src, rabbitmq-server4.3-4.3.6-1.hum1@x86_64
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Hardened Images | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens) | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 18.0 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Hardened Images | Fixed | RHSA-2026:67552 |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-67415
- 2026-10-16 CVSS score added · NVD
- 2026-10-18 Fix available: RHSA-2026:67552 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-18 Fix available: Red Hat Hardened Images · Red Hat
- 2026-10-18 CVSS score added · Red Hat
References
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Sources
- CVE-2026-67415 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-67415 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- CVE-2026-67415 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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