Apache Qpid Broker-J: Type size/count handling can lead to excessive allocation pre-authentication
Priority MEDIUM 40CWE-770Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-770.
Summary
A pre-authentication attacker could leverage type size/count handling to cause excessive allocation leading to potential denial of service. This issue affects Apache Qpid Broker-J: through 10.0.1. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 10.1.0, which fixes the issue.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00774 55th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- 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.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-68060
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-x379-jmr7-h8qf
References
More Apache Qpid Broker-j vulnerabilities
- TI-2017-11476 In Apache Qpid Broker-J 0.18 through 0.32, if the broker is configured with different… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2016-03808 The AMQP 0-8, 0-9, 0-91, and 0-10 connection handling in Apache Qpid Java before 6.0.3… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2026-62463 Apache Qpid Broker-J: Missing HTTP-session renewal after successful authentication CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2016-07198 Information disclosure in Apache Qpid Broker-J CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2026-47855 Apache Qpid Broker-J: Unbounded symbol value caching can lead to pre-authentication resource exhaustion CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2026-47854 Apache Qpid Broker-J: Unbounded type nesting can lead to pre-authentication stack overflow CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2026-68060 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-68060 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-x379-jmr7-h8qf · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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