CVE-2026-107281AsyncHttpClient: Connection pool key omits the authenticated principal, so an NTLM or Negotiate connection is reused across identities
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EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.17%, higher than 6% of scored CVEs.
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The AsyncHttpClient (AHC) library allows Java applications to easily execute HTTP requests and asynchronously process HTTP responses. Prior to 3.0.13 and 2.16.1, the HTTP/1.1 connection-pool key excludes the authenticated principal for connection-oriented NTLM and Negotiate authentication. A pooled socket authenticated for one request can be reused by a request carrying another principal, and the server executes that later request as the first identity. Basic and Digest are not affected because they authenticate each request. This issue is fixed in versions 3.0.13 and 2.16.1.
- CVSS
- 7.6 HIGH (v4.0, CNA)CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-346, CWE-863
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- 0.17% (percentile 6)
- Assigned by
- GitHub_M
- NVD analysis
- Awaiting Analysis
- Record last updated
- Oct 8, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
AsyncHttpClient async-http-client asynchttpclient:async_http_client (from the name) | from 3.0.0, < 3.0.13; from 2.0.0, < 2.16.1 | CNA record |
References
- https://github.com/AsyncHttpClient/async-http-client/security/advisories/GHSA-vvp4-63h8-v5pmx-refsource-confirm
- https://github.com/AsyncHttpClient/async-http-client/commit/73813babf51231ee79f7da4f07b777f19f48d34dx-refsource-misc
- https://github.com/AsyncHttpClient/async-http-client/commit/83e552e64cabab2119addb6b47f7c6482997c94ex-refsource-misc
- https://github.com/AsyncHttpClient/async-http-client/releases/tag/async-http-client-project-2.16.1x-refsource-misc
- https://github.com/AsyncHttpClient/async-http-client/releases/tag/async-http-client-project-3.0.13x-refsource-misc
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