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CVE-2026-50018: Hoverfly: Denial of Service via Goroutine Leak in Remote Post-Serve Actions

July 14, 2026

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.

References

  • github.com/SpectoLabs/hoverfly/pull/1228
  • github.com/SpectoLabs/hoverfly/releases/tag/v1.12.8
  • github.com/SpectoLabs/hoverfly/security/advisories/GHSA-42j2-w334-qxw7
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-42j2-w334-qxw7
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-50018

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Affected versions

All versions before 1.12.8

Fixed versions

  • 1.12.8

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.12.8 or above.

Impact 6.5 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Weakness

  • CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
  • CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Source file

go/github.com/spectolabs/hoverfly/CVE-2026-50018.yml

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