# CVE-2026-107279: AsyncHttpClient: Digest mutual authentication is switched off by a peer offering qop=auth-int

- Also known as: GHSA-QHV6-3PMH-95Q4
- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-10-07 · Updated: 2026-10-08

## Affected

- AsyncHttpClient async-http-client: 3.0.12

## Description

The AsyncHttpClient (AHC) library allows Java applications to easily execute HTTP requests and asynchronously process HTTP responses. In 3.0.12, a peer offering only Digest qop=auth-int causes mutual-authentication verification to be skipped. AuthenticatorUtils.computeExpectedRspAuth returns no expected value for auth-int, and Interceptors treats that result as unverifiable but nonfatal, so a response with an invalid rspauth value is accepted. A peer that does not know the shared secret can therefore be accepted as the authenticated server. This issue is fixed in version 3.0.13.

## What to do

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## References

- https://github.com/AsyncHttpClient/async-http-client/security/advisories/GHSA-qhv6-3pmh-95q4
- https://github.com/AsyncHttpClient/async-http-client/commit/a5422493b638226666a1ecb5f82826c7c7845b99
- https://github.com/AsyncHttpClient/async-http-client/releases/tag/async-http-client-project-3.0.13

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