CVE-2026-64607
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
Description
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.
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
5.3
(v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Modified
Source identifier
Published
2026-07-31 11:17:11.710000
Last modified
2026-10-23 23:10:00.157000
View original CVE JSON
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