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HIGHCVE-2026-47066Published Modified CNA EEF

CVE-2026-47066: Infinite loop in Alt-Svc header parser in hackney

Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') vulnerability in benoitc hackney allows Excessive Allocation. The Alt-Svc response header parser in src/hackney_altsvc.erl does not guarantee forward progress. When parse_token/2 receives a non-token, non-whitespace, non-comma byte (e.g. !, @, =, ;), it returns the input unchanged. skip_comma/1 also returns the buffer unchanged when the first byte is not a comma. parse_entries/2 then recurses with identical data, creating a tight infinite tail-recursive loop that pins a scheduler at 100% CPU. The calling process never returns. The entry point parse_and_cache/3 is called synchronously in the connection process on every HTTP response. A single-byte Alt-Svc: ! response header is sufficient to trigger the hang; the header is fully controlled by any HTTP origin the client connects to. This issue affects hackney: from 2.0.0-beta.1 before 4.0.1.

Metrics

CVSS v4.0
8.7
Severity
HIGH
Fixed in
4.0.1
Affected Products
2

Fix available

4.0.1e548aba1f97ffa3f4750da7b772998fb78c01894
Patch commits
Affected packages
  • benoitc / hackney
    < 4.0.1 (from 2.0.0-beta.1)
  • benoitc / hackney
    < e548aba1f97ffa3f4750da7b772998fb78c01894 (from 408e5fe20302226ea8c74dde2bcbd452d712b5b2)
CVSS Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
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