Spring AMQP Log4j2 TLS MITM (2.4.18- & 3.2.03.2.12 & 4.0.04.0.4)
CVE-2026-59272 Published on August 27, 2026
Log4j2 AmqpAppender disables TLS hostname verification by default
Any application shipping logs to RabbitMQ over TLS via the Log4j2 appender, relying on the documented default, is exposed to man-in-the-middle interception of every log event.
Spring AMQP 4.1.0
Spring AMQP 4.0.0 - 4.0.4
Spring AMQP 3.2.0 - 3.2.12
Spring AMQP 2.4.18 and earlier
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2026-59272 is exploitable with network access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is consided to have a high level of attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a high impact on confidentiality and integrity, and no impact on availability.
Products Associated with CVE-2026-59272
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Affected Versions
Spring AMQP:- Version 4.1.0 is affected.
- Version 4.0.0, <= 4.0.4 is affected.
- Version 3.2.0, <= 3.2.12 is affected.
- Before and including 2.4.18 is affected.