CVE-2026-75516

RabbitMQ Java client: Frame-level OOM: Math.min(maxInboundMessageBodySize, 0) defeats frame size enforcement

HIGH
8.7
CVSS Score
Published: September 16, 2026 at 06:30 PM UTC
Updated: September 24, 2026 at 09:27 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorRabbitmq Java Client

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Severity
HIGH8.7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

The RabbitMQ Java client library allows Java and JVM-based applications to connect to and interact with RabbitMQ nodes. Prior to 5.34.0, AMQConnection.start() applies Math.min(maxInboundMessageBodySize, frameMax) after Connection.Tune negotiation even though AMQP defines frameMax value zero as unlimited and ConnectionFactory.DEFAULT_FRAME_MAX is zero. When the client default and server-negotiated value are both zero, the result is passed to Utils.framePayloadLimit(int), which interprets zero as Integer.MAX_VALUE and disables the configured maxInboundMessageBodySize cap. A malicious AMQP server, or a man-in-the-middle attacker able to modify Connection.Tune and inject frames into the connection, can then send an oversized frame of any frame type, causing Frame.readFrom() to allocate a large byte array before content-level validation and potentially terminate the client process through memory exhaustion. This issue is fixed in version 5.34.0.

Affected

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

v < 5.34.0
Affected range stops below 5.34.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact

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CVSS

8.7HIGHGitHub_M
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusAWAITING ANALYSIS
CWE
CWE-770

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