Medium severity · published Sep 17, 2026
CVE-2026-85717
AsyncHttpClient: Client-wide realm credentials re-sent to a cross-origin redirect target
6.8
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 45% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AS
async-http-client · AsyncHttpClient
>= 2.14.5, < 2.16.1; >= 3.0.9, < 3.0.12 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-85717
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-85717
github.com
https://github.com/AsyncHttpClient/async-http-client/commit/43db7bba81430cbd61ec2dc2c7be464e0ff6a0ff
github.com
https://github.com/AsyncHttpClient/async-http-client/commit/b66757bec34def2e9867bb2b77bd848b1112abb4
github.com
https://github.com/AsyncHttpClient/async-http-client/pull/2224
github.com
https://github.com/AsyncHttpClient/async-http-client/security/advisories/GHSA-f8m2-889x-vw4x
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