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Medium · 5.9 CVE-2026-85720 EUVD-2026-81909GHSA-xr57-gcx8-52hf

AsyncHttpClient: Origin credentials sent to the proxy on the plaintext CONNECT request

Published Sep 17, 2026 · Updated Sep 21, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

The AsyncHttpClient (AHC) library allows Java applications to easily execute HTTP requests and asynchronously process HTTP responses. From 2.0.0 until 2.16.1 and 3.0.12, a request using an HTTP proxy to reach an HTTPS origin can expose preemptive origin credentials because NettyRequestFactory and NettyRequestSender.sendRequestWithNewChannel attach Authorization to the plaintext CONNECT request before the TLS tunnel exists. Basic or Digest credentials and per-connection NTLM, Kerberos, or SPNEGO tokens intended for the origin are therefore visible to the proxy and to observers on the client-to-proxy hop. The tunneled request still receives origin Authorization after the tunnel is established, while Proxy-Authorization remains on CONNECT for its intended proxy recipient. This issue is fixed in versions 2.16.1 and 3.0.12.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
AsyncHttpClient async-http-client >= 2.0.0, < 2.16.1, >= 3.0.0, < 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
Debian 12 async-http-client No fix yet —
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 apache-pulsar-4.2 4.2.4-r4 —
Wolfi rolling druid 37.0.0-r58 —
Wolfi rolling tez 0.10.5-r31 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Maven org.asynchttpclient:async-http-client >= 3.0.0, < 3.0.12 3.0.12 GHSA-xr57-gcx8-52hf
Maven org.asynchttpclient:async-http-client >= 2.0.0, < 2.16.1 2.16.1 GHSA-xr57-gcx8-52hf

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