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Medium, CVSS 6.3amended

RabbitMQ Java client malformed body frame triggers raw command assembler exception

CVE-2026-63335GHSA-qx7j-jv8m-fppr

What to do

Vendor fix available. Upgrade each affected package to the fixed version on its release line (com.rabbitmq:amqp-client 5.31.0), redeploy, then verify what is actually installed.

This page has no inventory attached, so it cannot say whether you are affected. A vendor fix is not proof that your deployment is fixed.

Affected packages

Sources

Severity and exploitation
Exploitation
No confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next marks exploitation only from CISA KEV.
CVSS 4.0
6.3 · CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H · score source
EPSS
  • CVE-2026-63335: 0.52% estimated exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 43.94 (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-03). This is a model estimate, not proof of exploitation or customer exposure.
Source description

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Summary RabbitMQ Java Client's inbound AMQP command assembly accepts a content header declaring a small body and then processes a larger body frame by throwing a raw UnsupportedOperationException from CommandAssembler. A broker peer that the client has connected to can use this malformed frame sequence to fail frame processing and tear down the client connection instead of receiving a clean protocol-level malformed-frame error. This was discovered based on an existing vulnerability CVE-2017-15699. Details Inbound frames enter the client through SocketFrameHandler.readFrame, which returns frames parsed from the peer-controlled input stream (src/main/java/com/rabbitmq/client/impl/SocketFrameHandler.java:197). AMQConnection.MainLoop reads each frame (src/main/java/com/rabbitmq/client/impl/AMQConnection.java:692) and dispatches non-zero-channel frames to the channel while the connection is open (src/main/java/com/rabbitmq/client/impl/AMQConnection.java:748 and…

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  1. Revision 3 · amended ·

    Amended from ghsa record GHSA-qx7j-jv8m-fppr

  2. Revision 2 · amended ·

    Reviewed OSV alias/range/CVSS4 correction; package source scopes and original publication preserved. No customer finding resolved.

  3. Revision 1 · created ·

    Published from osv record GHSA-qx7j-jv8m-fppr

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# Patch Next advisory brief: CVE-2026-63335

Advisory: RabbitMQ Java client malformed body frame triggers raw command assembler exception
IDs: CVE-2026-63335, GHSA-qx7j-jv8m-fppr
Record: https://patchnext.com/advisories/cve-2026-63335 (revision 3, source checked 26 Oct 2026, 16:54 UTC)
Inventory: none attached. This brief comes from a public page and does not say whether any deployment is affected.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 6.3)
Exploitation: no confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next confirms exploitation only from CISA KEV.
Vendor response: Vendor fix available; fixed versions by package: com.rabbitmq:amqp-client 5.31.0. A vendor fix does not mean a deployment is fixed.

## Affected components
- Maven com.rabbitmq:amqp-client: affected <= 5.30.0; fixed in 5.31.0

## Suggested inspection (read-only)
- Maven com.rabbitmq:amqp-client: check the installed version with your package manager.

## Supported action
Upgrade each affected component to a fixed version on its release line. For a transitive dependency, upgrade the parent package or add an override or constraint, then regenerate the lockfile. Redeploy every environment that ran an affected version.

## Required regression checks
- Run the test suite and a production build.
- Exercise the features that depend on com.rabbitmq:amqp-client.
- Repeat the inspection and confirm that only fixed versions remain installed.

## Rollback considerations
- Keep the previous lockfile and deployment artifact. Rolling back reinstates the vulnerable version, so apply any documented mitigation while you fix forward.

## Unresolved questions
- Which deployments run an affected version?
- Exploitation status can change. Check again before lowering the priority.
- Mark the work resolved only after the fixed version is verified in production.

## Sources
- Verified: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-qx7j-jv8m-fppr (OSV record GHSA-qx7j-jv8m-fppr lists affected ranges: Maven com.rabbitmq:amqp-client >=0 <5.31.0 (fixed))
- Verified: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qx7j-jv8m-fppr (GitHub-reviewed advisory GHSA-qx7j-jv8m-fppr lists affected ranges: Maven com.rabbitmq:amqp-client >=0 <=5.30.0)

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