CVE-2026-44296: Thread Blocking Sleep In Networking

Calling a blocking sleep function within a network `accept` or `handshake` error-handling block can block the entire multiplexer or event loop thread. An attacker can supply malformed requests that trigger this error path, causing a Denial of Service (DoS) for all connected clients. Remove the blocking sleep and manage retries or backoff asynchronously via e

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Description

Calling a blocking sleep function within a network `accept` or `handshake` error-handling block can block the entire multiplexer or event loop thread. An attacker can supply malformed requests that trigger this error path, causing a Denial of Service (DoS) for all connected clients. Remove the blocking sleep and manage retries or backoff asynchronously via e