CVE-2026-85716
Published:September 17, 2026
Updated:September 22, 2026
The AsyncHttpClient (AHC) library allows Java applications to easily execute HTTP requests and asynchronously process HTTP responses. From 3.0.8 until 3.0.12, processScramAuthenticationInfo and processAuthenticationInfo compute the SCRAM ServerSignature or Digest rspauth verification result but log a mismatch and still deliver the response as authenticated. On a non-TLS or compromised transport, a peer that has not proved knowledge of the shared secret can therefore be accepted as the server. The fix rejects a present invalid value and computes Digest rspauth from the Authorization parameters actually sent, but verification remains unenforced when the value is absent, the sent parameters cannot be recovered, or Digest uses qop=auth-int. This issue is fixed in version 3.0.12.
Affected Packages
https://github.com/AsyncHttpClient/async-http-client.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=async-http-client-project-3.0.8 <async-http-client-project-3.0.12Fix Suggestion:
Update to version async-http-client-project-3.0.12org.asynchttpclient:async-http-client (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=3.0.8 <3.0.12Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 3.0.12Related Resources (6)
https://github.com/AsyncHttpClient/async-http-client/commit/7fe8700fd5b46c668cee7774624f36b87b9dd32a
https://github.com/AsyncHttpClient/async-http-client/commit/685173afea07892462071d966ef6ce5c88cbc66f
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
6.3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
LOW
Vulnerable System Availability
NONE
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
3.7
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
LOW
Availability
NONE
EPSS
Base Score:
0.32