CVE-2021-22116 RabbitMQ all versions prior to 3.8.16 are prone to a denial of service vulnerability due to improper input validation in AMQP 1.0 client connection endpoint.

What is CVE-2021-22116?

CVE-2021-22116 is a high-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 8 Jun 2021.

Official description

RabbitMQ all versions prior to 3.8.16 are prone to a denial of service vulnerability due to improper input validation in AMQP 1.0 client connection endpoint. A malicious user can exploit the vulnerability by sending malicious AMQP messages to the target RabbitMQ instance having the AMQP 1.0 plugin enabled.

Weakness: CWE-20, CWE-400

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-22116?

1 open source package ship an affected version, including rabbitmq. It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Vmware Rabbitmq.

How do I fix CVE-2021-22116?

Upgrade rabbitmq to 3.8.16 or later.

Is CVE-2021-22116 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-22116 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as BIT-rabbitmq-2021-22116, DEBIAN-CVE-2021-22116, GHSA-5hjq-8gx9-79g4, UBUNTU-CVE-2021-22116.