CVE-2026-66071

RabbitMQ: Atom exhaustion: OAuth2 JWT tag: scope values

MEDIUM
6.5
CVSS Score
Published: September 25, 2026 at 04:11 PM UTC
Updated: October 15, 2026 at 08:14 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsRabbitmq ServerRabbitmq Server

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Severity
MEDIUM6.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

RabbitMQ is a messaging and streaming broker. From 3.13.0 until 3.13.15 and 4.0.22 and 4.1.11 and 4.2.6 and 4.3.1, Atom exhaustion: OAuth2 JWT tag: scope values. extractscopes/1 parses scopes of the form .tag: and calls rabbitdatacoercion:toatom() to convert to a tag atom. The token signature is verified first, so the attacker cannot forge scopes , but in IdP configurations where scope content is user-influenced, each login with a novel tag value leaks one In deployments where users can influence the scopes included in their IdP-issued JWT rabbitmqauthbackendoauth2 enabled IdP permits attacker-influenced scope values in signed tokens. This issue is fixed in versions 3.13.15 and 4.0.22 and 4.1.11 and 4.2.6 and 4.3.1.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

All versions3.13.0 ≤ v < 3.13.154.0.0 ≤ v < 4.0.224.1.0 ≤ v < 4.1.114.2.0 ≤ v < 4.2.64.3.0 ≤ v < 4.3.1
Affected range stops below 3.13.15, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 4.0.22, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 4.1.11, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 4.2.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 4.3.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

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SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

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CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-400

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