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Medium · 5.9 CVE-2026-47857 EUVD-2026-66824GHSA-p9xf-3946-vr35

Reactor Core windowTimeout fair-backpressure stream hang due to 20-bit index wrap-around

Published Aug 26, 2026 · Updated Aug 27, 2026 · Assigned by vmware

Description

In Reactor Core, applications that use the Flux.windowTimeout operator with fairBackpressure enabled are vulnerable to a Denial of Service (DoS) condition.
Reactor Core 3.8.0 - 3.8.6
Reactor Core 3.5.0 - 3.7.19
Reactor Core 3.4.41 and earlier

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Spring Reactor Core 3.8.0 – ≤ 3.8.6, 3.5.0 – ≤ 3.7.19, ≤ 3.4.41 —

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