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Medium

Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Spring AMQP

  • Disclosed: 01.12.2021
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 12:21

In Spring AMQP versions 2.2.0 - 2.2.19 and 2.3.0 - 2.3.11, the Spring AMQP Message object, in its toString() method, will create a new String object from the message body, regardless of its size. This can cause an OOM Error with a large message

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Java / Kotlin (Maven) org.springframework.amqp:spring-amqp >= 2.2.0, < 2.2.20, >= 2.3.0, < 2.3.11 2.2.20, 2.3.11

References

CVSS score 6.5/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-502
Platform
Java / Kotlin (Maven)
Package
org.springframework.amqp:spring-amqp
Disclosed
01.12.2021
Updated
11.10.2026 12:21

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-945q-ch46-pchg - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: org.springframework.amqp:spring-amqp

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Java / Kotlin (Maven)), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

Total entries
7
First → latest
10.2018 06.2026
Without a fix
0
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • Critical 2
  • Medium 5

Disclosures per year

  1. Spring AMQP Has Predictable Correlation IDs in RabbitTemplate.sendAndReceive() with Fixed Reply Queue
    Medium · 4.4 CVE-2026-41701 >= 4.0.0, < 4.0.4, >= 3.2.0, < 3.2.11, >= 3.1.0, <= 3.1.15, <= 2.4.17 4.0.4, 3.2.11
  2. Spring AMQP Core: Missing Certificate and Hostname Verification for amqps URIs in RabbitConnectionFactoryBean
    Medium · 4.0 CVE-2026-41714 >= 4.0.0, < 4.0.4, >= 3.2.0, < 3.2.11, >= 3.1.0, <= 3.1.15, <= 2.4.17 4.0.4, 3.2.11
  3. Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Spring AMQP
    Medium · 6.5 CVE-2021-22097 >= 2.2.0, < 2.2.19, >= 2.3.0, < 2.3.11 2.2.19, 2.3.11
  4. Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Spring AMQP
    Critical · 9.8 CVE-2017-8045 < 1.5.7, >= 1.6.0, < 1.6.11, >= 1.7.0, < 1.7.4 1.5.7, 1.6.11, 1.7.4
  5. Improper Input Validation in Spring AMQP
    Critical · 9.8 CVE-2016-2173 < 1.5.5 1.5.5
  6. Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Spring AMQP this entry
    Medium · 6.5 CVE-2021-22095 >= 2.2.0, < 2.2.20, >= 2.3.0, < 2.3.11 2.2.20, 2.3.11
  7. Moderate severity vulnerability that affects com.rabbitmq:amqp-client and org.springframework.amqp:spring-amqp
    Medium · 5.9 CVE-2018-11087 >= 2.0.0, < 2.0.6, < 1.7.10 2.0.6, 1.7.10

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