High severity · published May 25, 2026
CVE-2026-47066
Infinite loop in Alt-Svc header parser in hackney
7.5
CVSS
0.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.8% · higher than 55% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
HA
hackney · benoitc
2.0.0-beta.1 before 4.0.1; 408e5fe20302226ea8c74dde2bcbd452d712b5b2 before e548aba1f97ffa3f4750da7b772998fb78c01894 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-47066
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-47066
Patch
https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-47066.html
Patch
https://github.com/benoitc/hackney/commit/e548aba1f97ffa3f4750da7b772998fb78c01894
Exploit
https://github.com/benoitc/hackney/security/advisories/GHSA-6cp8-v795-jr2j
Patch
https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-47066
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