CVE-2026-64607

ANALYSIS PENDING

Apache HttpComponents Client: Connection Leak on Content-Encoding Decode Error Leads to Pool Exhaustion DoS

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

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.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Details

CWE
CWE-772
Status published
Products (1)
Apache Software Foundation/Apache HttpComponents Client 5.0-alpha - 5.6.2
Published Jul 31, 2026
Tracked Since Jul 31, 2026