Description
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.
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Advisories
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Github GHSA |
GHSA-42j2-w334-qxw7 | Hoverfly: Denial of Service via Goroutine Leak in Remote Post-Serve Actions |
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History
Fri, 11 Sep 2026 23:45:00 +0000
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| Description | 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. | |
| Title | Hoverfly: Denial of Service via Goroutine Leak in Remote Post-Serve Actions | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-400 CWE-770 |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published:
Updated: 2026-09-11T21:28:29.228Z
Reserved: 2026-06-02T22:46:02.579Z
Link: CVE-2026-50018
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-09-11T22:16:37.950
Modified: 2026-09-11T22:16:37.950
Link: CVE-2026-50018
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