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.
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GHSA-f8m2-889x-vw4x | AsyncHttpClient re-sends client-wide realm credentials to a cross-origin redirect target |
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Thu, 17 Sep 2026 16:00:00 +0000
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| 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. | |
| Title | AsyncHttpClient: Client-wide realm credentials re-sent to a cross-origin redirect target | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-200 CWE-522 |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published:
Updated: 2026-09-17T15:53:39.875Z
Reserved: 2026-09-04T14:45:10.648Z
Link: CVE-2026-85717
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-09-17T16:18:15.960
Modified: 2026-09-17T16:18:15.960
Link: CVE-2026-85717
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