In Reactor Core, applications that use the Flux.bufferTimeout operator with fairBackpressure enabled are vulnerable to a Denial of Service (DoS) condition. Reactor Core 3.8.0 - 3.8.6 Reactor Core 3.7.19 and earlier
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Weaknesses CWE-400

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Description In Reactor Core, applications that use the Flux.bufferTimeout operator with fairBackpressure enabled are vulnerable to a Denial of Service (DoS) condition. Reactor Core 3.8.0 - 3.8.6 Reactor Core 3.7.19 and earlier
Title Reactor Core bufferTimeout fair-backpressure pipeline permanently hangs when upstream delivers items during an active flush
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{'score': 5.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: vmware

Published: 2026-08-26T23:28:48.599Z

Updated: 2026-08-27T14:45:41.473Z

Reserved: 2026-05-20T10:00:55.157Z

Link: CVE-2026-47863

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-27T14:45:33.831Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-08-27T01:17:33.467

Modified: 2026-09-01T23:51:07.060

Link: CVE-2026-47863

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