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GHSA-9fm9-hp7p-53mf Hackney fails to properly release HTTP connections to the pool

LOW Published 2025-05-28 Modified 2026-01-29 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2025-3864
Ecosystem
Hex
Packages
hackney
Severity
Low
CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Weaknesses
CWE-772
Reviewed
2025-05-28

Affected packages

• Hex hackney: < 1.24.0 → fixed in 1.24.0

Description

Hackney fails to properly release HTTP connections to the pool after handling 307 Temporary Redirect responses. Remote attackers can exploit this to exhaust connection pools, causing denial of service in applications using the library. Fix for this issue has been included in 1.24.0 release.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2025-3864 Hackney fails to properly release HTTP connections to the pool after handling 307 Temporary Redirect responses. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-772 Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime weakness

References