CVE-2026-64607: Apache HttpComponents Client: Connection Leak on Content-Encoding Decode Error Leads to Pool Exhaustion DoS
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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
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-hjcp-jmpx-g3qm
- github.com/apache/httpcomponents-client/commit/55733f4121f7ba26ddf04fe12739d9c15962cb94
- github.com/apache/httpcomponents-client/commit/ebac9512f555c4a355cad3f59ef2db69b597cc97
- github.com/apache/httpcomponents-client/releases/tag/rel/v5.6.3
- github.com/apache/httpcomponents-client/releases/tag/rel/v5.7-alpha1
- lists.apache.org/thread/qqfzo3fqcdk4l5496vz95ppvl4ty511q
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-64607
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