Incorrect Implementation of Authentication Algorithm Affecting org.asynchttpclient:async-http-client package, versions [3.0.12,3.0.13)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.36% (28th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGASYNCHTTPCLIENT-20571612
  • published8 Oct 2026
  • disclosed7 Oct 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 7 Oct 2026

NewCVE-2026-107279  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-303  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade org.asynchttpclient:async-http-client to version 3.0.13 or higher.

Overview

org.asynchttpclient:async-http-client is a maven plugin for the Async Http Client (AHC) classes.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Incorrect Implementation of Authentication Algorithm in the AuthenticatorUtils.computeExpectedRspAuth process. An attacker can impersonate a server by offering only qop=auth-int and bypassing mutual authentication verification, leading to acceptance of an unauthenticated peer.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1