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Unbounded frame allocation in amqp091-go before connection tuning

Priority LOW 29CWE-770Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
Present
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · Low
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 1 fixed, 1 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-770.

Summary

amqp091-go from 1.13.0 before 1.14.0 is a Go AMQP 0.9.1 client. The frame size limit is not enforced before connection tuning completes, so the client allocates memory based on a declared frame length (CWE-770). A malicious or compromised AMQP peer can trigger large allocations before authentication, causing memory exhaustion or termination of the client process.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29

Description from the CNA

amqp091-go is a Go AMQP 0.9.1 client. From 1.13.0 until 1.14.0, the frame-size mitigation from the prior allocation advisory can be bypassed before connection.tune completes because Connection.maxFrameSize uses zero for both the not-yet-negotiated and negotiated-unlimited states. A malicious or compromised AMQP peer can send a short body-frame header with a large declared payload length, causing ReadFrame and the body-frame parser to allocate attacker-selected memory before the payload is received or the frame's protocol state is rejected. The condition is reachable through public Open even when Config.FrameSize is set to the protocol minimum and can cause severe memory pressure, out-of-memory termination, or loss of the client process before authentication completes. This issue is fixed in version 1.14.0.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00493 42nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial amqp091-go (rabbitmq): 1.14.0github.com/rabbitmq/amqp091-go (Go): 1.14.0Red Hat: 1 advisoryRed Hat: 1 fixed, 1 without a fix

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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
rabbitmqamqp091-go1.13.0 to before 1.14.01.14.0Patch availableCNA
—github.com/rabbitmq/amqp091-go (Go)before 1.14.01.14.0Patch availableGHSA-w6r9-248c-frg8
  • amqp091-go Vendorrabbitmq Affected 1.13.0 to before 1.14.0 Fixed in 1.14.0 Patch available CNA
  • github.com/rabbitmq/amqp091-go (Go) Vendor— Affected before 1.14.0 Fixed in 1.14.0 Patch available GHSA-w6r9-248c-frg8

Remediation

Upgrade github.com/rabbitmq/amqp091-go to version 1.14.0. Red Hat fixes Red Hat Hardened Images in RHSA-2026:80217. The sources list no fixed version for Red Hat Quay 3.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29

  • Fix · CNA amqp091-go (rabbitmq) Fixed in 1.14.0
  • Fix · GHSA-w6r9-248c-frg8 github.com/rabbitmq/amqp091-go (Go) Fixed in 1.14.0 Advisory →

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2026:80217 Released 2026-10-09 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs Security Update
    • Red Hat Hardened Images opentelemetry-collector-contrib-0.162.0-0.2.hum1@aarch64, opentelemetry-collector-contrib-0.162.0-0.2.hum1@src, opentelemetry-collector-contrib-0.162.0-0.2.hum1@x86_64

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Quay 3AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Hardened ImagesFixed RHSA-2026:80217
Not affected: 6 products
  • Cryostat 4
  • Custom Metric Autoscaler operator for Red Hat Openshift
  • Multicluster Global Hub
  • OpenShift Serverless
  • Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 18.0

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-09 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-107386
  2. 2026-10-09 Alias added: GHSA-w6r9-248c-frg8
  3. 2026-10-10 Fix available: RHSA-2026:80217 · Red Hat
  4. 2026-10-10 Fix available: Red Hat Hardened Images · Red Hat
  5. 2026-10-10 CVSS score added · Red Hat
  6. 2026-10-10 CISA SSVC decision points changed
  7. 2026-10-10 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW

References

  • TI-2026-41154 Improper authentication in rabbitmq-server CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2026-41149 RabbitMQ: UNC SSRF affecting the management UI on Windows CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2026-41158 Resource allocation without limits in rabbitmq-server CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2026-47695 RabbitMQ: OAuth2 Client Secret Exposed via Unauthenticated JavaScript Endpoint CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.2
  • TI-2026-47694 RabbitMQ: JWKS Fetch Ignores HTTP Response Status Code - Signing Key Destruction Causes Authentication DoS CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.2
  • TI-2026-45167 RabbitMQ Java client: Unvalidated Class.forName in JSON-RPC ProcedureDescription enables arbitrary class loading CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.5
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