CVE-2026-85717: AsyncHttpClient: Client-wide realm credentials re-sent to a cross-origin redirect target
AsyncHttpClient · async-http-client
Affected: AsyncHttpClient async-http-client · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)
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DescriptionCVE.org
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.
Affected products1
From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.
- AsyncHttpClient · async-http-client>= 2.14.5, < 2.16.1; >= 3.0.9, < 3.0.12
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- Exploitation
- Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Public check
- No public nuclei template
- Vendor
- AsyncHttpClient
- Published
- September 2026
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References
- NVD entrynvd.nist.gov
- CVE recordcve.org
- Weakness CWE-200cwe.mitre.org
- github.com/AsyncHttpClient/async-http-client/security/advisoriesgithub.com
- github.com/AsyncHttpClient/async-http-client/pull/2224github.com
- github.com/AsyncHttpClient/async-http-client/commit/43db7bba8143github.com
- github.com/AsyncHttpClient/async-http-client/commit/b66757bec34dgithub.com