CVE-2026-68073Network attack vectorHinoki check available

Pre-authentication crash via unbounded type nesting

Published Aug 5, 2026 · Updated Aug 5, 2026

Uncontrolled recursion in Apache Qpid Broker-J 10.0.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to crash the broker via nested AMQP types. The AMQP 1.0 protocol decoder recursively processes attacker-controlled nested type encodings without a depth limit, exhausting the Java thread stack. The malformed input is accepted before authentication, and the resulting StackOverflowError interrupts broker availability.

CVSS severityUnavailable
Unscored
EPSS probability0.48%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Uncontrolled recursion in Apache Qpid Broker-J 10.0.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to crash the broker via nested AMQP types. The AMQP 1.0 protocol decoder recursively processes attacker-controlled nested type encodings without a depth limit, exhausting the Java thread stack. The malformed input is accepted before authentication, and the resulting StackOverflowError interrupts broker availability.

The record

CVE
CVE-2026-68073
Published
Aug 5, 2026
Updated
Aug 5, 2026
Vendor
The Apache Software Foundation
Product
Apache Qpid Broker-J
Classifications
CWE-674, CAPEC-230, T1499.004
Attack vector
network
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Aug 5, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Aug 5, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=0 <=10.0.1

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

The Apache Software Foundation · Apache Qpid Broker-Jversion=0 <=10.0.1

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Sep 9, 2026Sep 15, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 15, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-674Uncontrolled Recursion
CAPEC-230Serialized Data with Nested Payloads
T1499.004Endpoint Denial of Service: Application or System Exploitation

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