Vulnerability Details CVE-2026-47077
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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.0
EPSS Ranking 15.5%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 7.5
Products affected by CVE-2026-47077
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cpe:2.3:a:benoitc:hackney:2.0.0
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cpe:2.3:a:benoitc:hackney:2.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:benoitc:hackney:3.0.0
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cpe:2.3:a:benoitc:hackney:3.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:benoitc:hackney:3.0.2
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cpe:2.3:a:benoitc:hackney:3.0.3
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cpe:2.3:a:benoitc:hackney:3.1.0
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cpe:2.3:a:benoitc:hackney:3.1.1
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cpe:2.3:a:benoitc:hackney:3.1.2
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cpe:2.3:a:benoitc:hackney:3.2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:benoitc:hackney:3.2.1
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cpe:2.3:a:benoitc:hackney:4.0.0