CVE-2026-47077
Description
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling vulnerability in benoitc hackney allows Flooding. hackney_h3:await_response_loop/6 accumulates the HTTP/3 response body in memory without any size cap. The after Timeout clause is a per-message inactivity timer that resets on every received chunk, housekeeping message, or settings frame — it is not a wall-clock deadline. A malicious HTTP/3 server that emits one small chunk every Timeout - 1 ms with Fin = false and never sends a final frame keeps the loop alive indefinitely while the accumulation buffer grows linearly without bound, eventually exhausting the BEAM process heap and causing an out-of-memory condition.
This issue affects hackney: from 2.0.0 before 4.0.1.
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References
4- github.com/benoitc/hackney/commit/3d25f9fea26c90609de9d64366fedfe5065413bcnvdPatch
- github.com/benoitc/hackney/security/advisories/GHSA-jq4m-q6p2-8gwcnvdExploitVendor AdvisoryPatch
- cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-47077.htmlnvdThird Party AdvisoryPatch
- osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-47077nvdThird Party AdvisoryPatch
News mentions
1- Hackney HTTP Client: Ten CVEs Disclosed in a Single Batch — CRLF Injection, Resource Exhaustion, and MoreVypr Intelligence · May 25, 2026