# CVE-2026-47863: Reactor Core bufferTimeout fair-backpressure pipeline permanently hangs when upstream delivers items during an active flush

- Severity: CVSS 5.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-08-26 · Updated: 2026-08-27

## Affected

- Spring Reactor Core: from 3.8.0, through 3.8.6; through 3.7.19

## 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

## What to do

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## References

- https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-47863

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