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.
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First Time appeared Vmware
Vmware rabbitmq Java Client
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:vmware:rabbitmq_java_client:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Vmware
Vmware rabbitmq Java Client

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Rabbitmq
Rabbitmq java-client
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Com.rabbitmq amqp-client
Rabbitmq
Rabbitmq java-client

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Description 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.
Title RabbitMQ: JSONReader in the default JSON-RPC mapper never terminates on truncated input, causing DoS
Weaknesses CWE-835
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2026-10-06T18:08:52.026Z

Updated: 2026-10-06T18:32:46.845Z

Reserved: 2026-10-06T15:33:55.333Z

Link: CVE-2026-106121

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-06T18:32:26.973Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-10-06T19:17:43.193

Modified: 2026-10-09T18:26:02.737

Link: CVE-2026-106121

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