CVE-2026-85721
high
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.5
Description
AsyncHttpClient's unbounded HTTP/1.1 response decompression enables a decompression-bomb denial of service
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
83%
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/5ee2841cbf268bba4a200578be3938ccfc6cc6d6
- https://github.com/AsyncHttpClient/async-http-client/commit/663a1a91757904b22cfe37e2e6049f1f8ea6ae59
- https://github.com/AsyncHttpClient/async-http-client/commit/e1871a19972fb496be1b8ac6be11d79e22ff2162
- https://github.com/AsyncHttpClient/async-http-client/commit/e9f2f7423e0f6503f529656f2955a1317e56ba14
- https://github.com/AsyncHttpClient/async-http-client/security/advisories/GHSA-7grg-jcf7-rpmx
- https://github.com/AsyncHttpClient/async-http-client
CWEs
CWE-400 CWE-409
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