CVE-2026-44236 PUBLISHED

rabbitmq-c: Heap buffer overflow in AMQP login handshake via undersized connection.tune.frame_max

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 05.05.2026 Published: 17.09.2026 Updated: 17.09.2026

rabbitmq-c is a C-language AMQP client library for RabbitMQ. Prior to 0.16.0, a malicious AMQP server can send an undersized connection.tune.frame_max value during amqp_login(), and rabbitmq-c accepts the value in amqp_login_inner() in librabbitmq/amqp_socket.c. amqp_tune_connection() in librabbitmq/amqp_connection.c uses frame_max to reallocate the outbound buffer without enforcing AMQP_FRAME_MIN_SIZE. Immediate serialization of connection.tune-ok through amqp_frame_to_bytes() writes beyond the undersized heap allocation, causing memory corruption and likely denial of service. An on-path attacker can also trigger the flaw against plaintext AMQP traffic. Code execution is theoretically possible but was not demonstrated. This issue is fixed in version 0.16.0.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
CVSS Score: 7.1

Product Status

Vendor alanxz
Product rabbitmq-c
Versions
  • Version < 0.16.0 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-122: Heap-based Buffer Overflow CWE