CVE-2025-3864

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.

Weakness Type (CWE)

CWE-772 CWE-772

References

Other References

https://cert.pl/en/posts/2025/05/CVE-2025-3864/ https://github.com/benoitc/hackney/commit/8f13ddac50d1626f8b9a47a08bd599e4efe1773d https://github.com/benoitc/hackney/issues/717

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2025-3864? +

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.

How do I check if I'm vulnerable to CVE-2025-3864? +

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