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

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Fri, 04 Sep 2026 20:30:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Broadcom
Broadcom reactor Core
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:reactor_core:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Broadcom
Broadcom reactor Core

Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:15:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-770
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Moderate


Tue, 01 Sep 2026 14:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Spring
Spring reactor Core
Vendors & Products Spring
Spring reactor Core

Thu, 27 Aug 2026 17:15:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-682

Thu, 27 Aug 2026 15:30:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-190
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 27 Aug 2026 01:45:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-682

Thu, 27 Aug 2026 00:30:00 +0000

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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
Title Reactor Core windowTimeout fair-backpressure stream hang due to 20-bit index wrap-around
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: vmware

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-27T15:07:38.775Z

Reserved: 2026-05-20T10:00:55.156Z

Link: CVE-2026-47857

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-27T15:07:08.808Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-08-27T01:17:32.687

Modified: 2026-09-04T20:10:22.583

Link: CVE-2026-47857

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-08-26T23:28:44Z

Links: CVE-2026-47857 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-04T02:00:05Z

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