CyberRota Analysis
AI-GeneratedHoverfly, an open-source API simulation tool, is vulnerable to a denial-of-service condition due to unbounded goroutine accumulation when remote post-serve actions are executed against unresponsive endpoints. This can lead to memory exhaustion and potential process crashes, impacting system stability. Users of versions prior to 1.12.8 should prioritize upgrading to mitigate this risk.
Public Exploit Signal
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Original NVD Description
Hoverfly is an open source API simulation tool. Prior to version 1.12.8, remote post-serve actions use `http.DefaultClient` without any timeout configuration. When the remote endpoint is unreachable or intentionally slow (accepts TCP connection but never responds), each triggered proxy request spawns a goroutine that blocks indefinitely on `http.DefaultClient.Do()`. An attacker can cause unbounded goroutine accumulation leading to memory exhaustion and process crash (OOM kill). Unlike local post-serve action execution, this requires no binary execution, only a URL pointing to a non-responsive endpoint. Version 1.12.8 patches the issue.