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FKIE_CVE-2026-50018

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-09-11 22:16 - Updated: 2026-09-11 22:16
Severity
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
Hoverfly is an open source API simulation tool. Prior to version 1.12.8, remote post-serve actions use `http.DefaultClient` without any timeout configuration. When the remote endpoint is unreachable or intentionally slow (accepts TCP connection but never responds), each triggered proxy request spawns a goroutine that blocks indefinitely on `http.DefaultClient.Do()`. An attacker can cause unbounded goroutine accumulation leading to memory exhaustion and process crash (OOM kill). Unlike local post-serve action execution, this requires no binary execution, only a URL pointing to a non-responsive endpoint. Version 1.12.8 patches the issue.
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/SpectoLabs/hoverfly/pull/1228
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/SpectoLabs/hoverfly/releases/tag/v1.12.8
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/SpectoLabs/hoverfly/security/advisories/GHSA-42j2-w334-qxw7
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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  "lastModified": "2026-09-11T22:16:37.950",
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