vulnerability / NVI-00014157 / Revision 2
AsyncHttpClient re-sends client-wide realm credentials to a cross-origin redirect target
GitHub lists this reviewed advisory for org.asynchttpclient:async-http-client, org.asynchttpclient:async-http-client. Published version ranges and source prerequisites are shown below; this is not an inspection of a visitor’s application.
This report has not inspected your inventory, configuration, deployed build, reachability or evidence. A catalog listing and a severity score do not establish exposure or compromise.
01 / Meaning
Why it matters
Published affected context helps an owner decide what evidence to gather. This report has not examined your application.
6.8 medium
GitHub source severity; exploitability and local consequence require separate evidence.
As of · GitHub Advisory Database
0.530%
FIRST EPSS model v2026.06.15; exploitation probability over 30 days, percentile 0.44806. Missing scores are unknown.
As of · FIRST EPSS
02 / Applicability
The affected context
Affected versions, configuration prerequisites and known exclusions are public. Confirm each one against the deployed service.
org.asynchttpclient:async-http-client
source listed>= 3.0.9, <= 3.0.11
### Impact A client configured with a client-wide realm (a Realm set on the config builder rather than on an individual request) and following redirects could re-send those credentials to a redirect target on a different origin. The redirect code strips the per-exchange realm, but when the target answered 401 the credentials were re-derived from the client config, handing Basic or Digest credentials, or a Negotiate or NTLM token, to an attacker controlled origin. This is a residual of the earlier cross-origin credential leak advisories, whose strip this bypassed. ### Affected versions * 3.x: 3.0.9 through 3.0.11 * 2.x: 2.14.5 through 2.16.0 Releases below those floors are covered by the earlier advisories GHSA-cmxv-58fp-fm3g and GHSA-fmxf-pm6p-7xgm: the cross-origin strip that this issue bypasses did not exist yet, so the leak there is the original one rather than this residual. ### Patches Fixed in 3.0.12 on the 3.x line and in 2.16.1 on the 2.x line. The realm is taken from the per-exchange state that the redirect already cleared, rather than being re-derived from the client configuration. ### Workarounds Set the Realm on the individual request instead of on the client config
org.asynchttpclient:async-http-client
source listed>= 2.14.5, <= 2.16.0
### Impact A client configured with a client-wide realm (a Realm set on the config builder rather than on an individual request) and following redirects could re-send those credentials to a redirect target on a different origin. The redirect code strips the per-exchange realm, but when the target answered 401 the credentials were re-derived from the client config, handing Basic or Digest credentials, or a Negotiate or NTLM token, to an attacker controlled origin. This is a residual of the earlier cross-origin credential leak advisories, whose strip this bypassed. ### Affected versions * 3.x: 3.0.9 through 3.0.11 * 2.x: 2.14.5 through 2.16.0 Releases below those floors are covered by the earlier advisories GHSA-cmxv-58fp-fm3g and GHSA-fmxf-pm6p-7xgm: the cross-origin strip that this issue bypasses did not exist yet, so the leak there is the original one rather than this residual. ### Patches Fixed in 3.0.12 on the 3.x line and in 2.16.1 on the 2.x line. The realm is taken from the per-exchange state that the redirect already cleared, rather than being re-derived from the client configuration. ### Workarounds Set the Realm on the individual request instead of on the client config
03 / Response
What to do next
- investigate
Identify the exact component and deployed version, examine the linked publisher’s conditions, and retain evidence of any mitigation.
Confirm current vendor support, compatibility and deployment evidence. This report has not tested a fix in your system. FIRST EPSS
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04 / Limits
What this report cannot establish
- Customer inventory, deployment, reachability and exploitation have not been inspected.
05 / Provenance
Sources you can inspect
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- GHSA-f8m2-889x-vw4x ↗
GitHub Advisory Database · vendor advisory
Observed . GitHub Advisory Database; CC-BY-4.0. Each advisory links its original attribution. Null normalizes fields.
- CVE-2026-85717 ↗
FIRST EPSS · official catalog
Observed . FIRST EPSS; probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, not local compromise. Dataset date/model retained; FIRST services terms apply.
Public revision history
Only published revisions appear here. Routine fetches do not create a material-change event.
- Revision 2 ·
Dated EPSS estimate updated; this is not a new disclosure or proof of exploitation.
- Revision 1 ·
First indexed by Null; source disclosure date is shown separately.