Low severity · published Sep 17, 2026
CVE-2026-85716
AsyncHttpClient: SCRAM and Digest mutual-authentication responses are not verified
3.7
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 35% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AS
async-http-client · AsyncHttpClient
>= 3.0.8, < 3.0.12 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-85716
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-85716
github.com
https://github.com/AsyncHttpClient/async-http-client/commit/10b3db9910f0bbad2ea3dc7c7553bae12bc4a5e4
github.com
https://github.com/AsyncHttpClient/async-http-client/commit/685173afea07892462071d966ef6ce5c88cbc66f
github.com
https://github.com/AsyncHttpClient/async-http-client/commit/7fe8700fd5b46c668cee7774624f36b87b9dd32a
github.com
https://github.com/AsyncHttpClient/async-http-client/pull/2235
github.com
https://github.com/AsyncHttpClient/async-http-client/security/advisories/GHSA-fj9w-c36g-h5x8
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