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CVE-2026-85717 json

AsyncHttpClient: Client-wide realm credentials re-sent to a cross-origin redirect target

published last mo. modified last mo. also EUVD-2026-81905 , GHSA-f8m2-889x-vw4x

cvss
6.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 45%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The AsyncHttpClient (AHC) library allows Java applications to easily execute HTTP requests and asynchronously process HTTP responses. From 2.14.5 to 2.16.0 and from 3.0.9 to 3.0.11, a client configured with a client-wide Realm and redirect following can disclose credentials after a cross-origin redirect because the Interceptors authentication path falls back to the client configuration after redirect handling clears the per-exchange realm. If the attacker-controlled target returns 401, the client can send Basic or Digest credentials or a Negotiate or NTLM token to that origin. Per-request realms are stripped correctly, and this issue is a residual bypass of the earlier cross-origin credential-stripping fixes. This issue is fixed in versions 2.16.1 and 3.0.12.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.asynchttpclient:async-http-client 2.16.1, 3.0.12
  • asynchttpclient_project async-http-client 2.16.1, 3.0.12
  • org.asynchttpclient async-http-client 2.16.1, 3.0.12

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red hat product security vex CVE-2026-85717 updated cvss 6.8

AsyncHttpClient: AsyncHttpClient: Credential disclosure via cross-origin redirect

  • Red Hat Fuse 7 async-http-client
    under investigation

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
last mo.

Exploit prediction

0.53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 45% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 6.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
GitHub 3.1 6.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.asynchttpclient:async-http-client
>=3.0.9, <3.0.12
>=2.14.5, <2.16.1
3.0.12
2.16.1

Affected products

  • AsyncHttpClient async-http-client

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
  • CWE-522 Insufficiently Protected Credentials

References

Sources

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