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Low · 3.7 CVE-2026-85716 EUVD-2026-82313GHSA-fj9w-c36g-h5x8

AsyncHttpClient: SCRAM and Digest mutual-authentication responses are not verified

Published Sep 17, 2026 · Updated Sep 18, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
AsyncHttpClient async-http-client >= 3.0.8, < 3.0.12 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 async-http-client No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS async-http-client No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS async-http-client No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS async-http-client No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS async-http-client No fix yet —
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS async-http-client No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS async-http-client No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS async-http-client No fix yet —

Wolfi

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Wolfi rolling druid 37.0.0-r58 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Maven org.asynchttpclient:async-http-client >= 3.0.8, < 3.0.12 3.0.12 GHSA-fj9w-c36g-h5x8

References