CVE-2026-59272 (GCVE-0-2026-59272)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-27 16:41 – Updated: 2026-08-27 17:44
VLAI
Title
Log4j2 AmqpAppender disables TLS hostname verification by default
Summary
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
Severity
6.8 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-08-27 17:42 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Spring Spring AMQP Affected: 4.1.0 (custom)
Affected: 4.0.0 , ≤ 4.0.4 (custom)
Affected: 3.2.0 , ≤ 3.2.12 (custom)
Affected: 0 , ≤ 2.4.18 (custom)
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