CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-64607
5.3 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2026-07-31
- Last modified
- 2026-10-23
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 5.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- Weaknesses
- CWE-772
Description
HttpClient based on the classic i/o model fails to correctly release the underlying connection back to the connection manager if it encounters an invalid or unsupported `Content-Encoding` header value in the response message. Please note this defect does not affect HttpClient based on the async i/o model.
This issue affects Apache HttpComponents Client: from 5.0-alpha1 through 5.6.2.
Affected configurations
• apache httpclient (>= 5.0.0 < 5.6.3)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-772 Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime weakness
References
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/qqfzo3fqcdk4l5496vz95ppvl4ty511q Mailing List, Release Notes
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/08/13/5 www.openwall.com