CVE-2026-85720
medium
CVSS v3
5.9
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.9
Description
AsyncHttpClient sends origin credentials to the proxy on the plaintext CONNECT request
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
69%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | org.asynchttpclient:async-http-client | >=3.0.0,<3.0.12 | 3.0.12 |
| Maven | org.asynchttpclient:async-http-client | >=2.0.0,<2.16.1 | 2.16.1 |
References
- https://github.com/AsyncHttpClient/async-http-client/commit/9dba5ac988b7e750551f59b2eab550b60ac8a0d6
- https://github.com/AsyncHttpClient/async-http-client/commit/d07dbc79f5cf378f63c246f6101d7579ace55acc
- https://github.com/AsyncHttpClient/async-http-client/pull/2234
- https://github.com/AsyncHttpClient/async-http-client/security/advisories/GHSA-xr57-gcx8-52hf
- https://github.com/AsyncHttpClient/async-http-client
CWEs
CWE-319 CWE-522
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