CVE-2026-77410
**Summary** A flaw in the `recvContent` function allows a malicious AMQP server to trigger an Out-of-Memory (OOM) error, forcing the host operating system or container runtime to immediately terminate the client process. **Vulnerability Details** When receiving message content payloads, the client processes the expected size from the content header framework. The `recvContent` function attempts to optimize performance by pre-allocating memory for the message body based on the `ch.header.Size` field, which is a 64-bit unsigned integer (`uint64`). ```go // channel.go:495-496 if cap(ch.body) == 0 { ch.body = make([]byte, 0, ch.header.Size) // unbounded } ``` The underlying library fails to validate or cap this requested size against any upper boundary—such as the maximum frame size negotiated during connection establishment (`FrameMax`). If a server specifies an extreme body size (e.g., `2^62` bytes), the Go runtime attempts to allocate an exabyte-scale slice capacity. This immediately exhausts available system memory, causing the operating system's OOM killer to terminate the application. **Attack Vector / Exploitation Scenario** - Message Delivery Phase: A malicious or compromised AMQP broker sends a standard `basic.deliver` frame containing a content header with an intentionally inflated `body-size` variable. - Authentication Requirement: No special privileges or authentication bypasses are required; the crash occurs seamlessly during normal message consumption. **Impact** - Availability: High. Exploded memory consumption results in an instant process termination, destroying application state and availability for all threads sharing the environment.
Properties
- ghsa_id
- GHSA-r9c8-gcjp-xfwh
- summary
- RabbitMQ amqp091-go: Resource Exhaustion (OOM) via Unbounded Body Buffer Allocation
- severity
- high
- cve_id
- CVE-2026-77410
- signal_observed_at
- 2026-09-17T21:32:39+00:00
- is_ghsa_only
- false
- ghsa_published
- 2026-09-17T17:04:20Z
- source_url
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-r9c8-gcjp-xfwh
- ghsa_updated
- 2026-09-17T17:04:22Z
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