CVE-2026-106121
The RabbitMQ Java client library allows Java and JVM-based applications to connect to and interact with RabbitMQ nodes. Prior to 5.37.0, com.rabbitmq.tools.json.JSONReader.read() fails to terminate when input ends inside a quoted string or a line comment because its string and whitespace scanners do not stop at CharacterIterator.DONE. The default DefaultJsonRpcMapper passes JSON-RPC message bodies to this parser for JsonRpcServer and client replies. A truncated string causes the parser to append replacement end markers until heap exhaustion, while a line comment without a terminating newline can keep a thread consuming CPU indefinitely, resulting in denial of service. This issue is fixed in version 5.37.0.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - EPSS
- 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 44% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)
- CWE
- CWE-835
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- vmware:rabbitmq_java_client
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-cqgh-8p3p-mx4m | Maven | com.rabbitmq:amqp-client | <5.36.1 | 5.36.1 |
References
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-java-client/commit/25fad817291feff3195c32620117d295598f8b41
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-java-client/pull/2100
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-java-client/releases/tag/v5.37.0
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-java-client/security/advisories/GHSA-cqgh-8p3p-mx4m
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-java-client/security/advisories/GHSA-cqgh-8p3p-mx4m