# CVE-2026-107284: AsyncHttpClient: WebSocket handshake continues after a failed Sec-WebSocket-Accept check

- Also known as: GHSA-RWHR-J9RV-85F8
- Severity: CVSS 3.7 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.0.12, 2.16.1
- Published: 2026-10-07 · Updated: 2026-10-08

## Affected

- AsyncHttpClient async-http-client: from 3.0.0, fixed in 3.0.12; from 2.0.0, fixed in 2.16.1

## Description

The AsyncHttpClient (AHC) library allows Java applications to easily execute HTTP requests and asynchronously process HTTP responses. Prior to 3.0.12 and 2.16.1, WebSocketHandler.upgrade aborts a handshake whose Sec-WebSocket-Accept value is missing or invalid but continues into pipeline installation and onOpen delivery. Frames coalesced with the invalid 101 response can be decoded and delivered from a peer that did not prove the handshake, although the request future fails and the channel closes. This issue is fixed in versions 3.0.12 and 2.16.1.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on AsyncHttpClient async-http-client, upgrade to a fixed version (3.0.12, 2.16.1) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/AsyncHttpClient/async-http-client/security/advisories/GHSA-rwhr-j9rv-85f8
- https://github.com/AsyncHttpClient/async-http-client/commit/75a278550aa9a980009d022fb4e635f9c8738c03
- https://github.com/AsyncHttpClient/async-http-client/commit/ccdcaa627db6d96dcc42105212cb3ba5048bd7f9
- https://github.com/AsyncHttpClient/async-http-client/releases/tag/async-http-client-project-2.16.1
- https://github.com/AsyncHttpClient/async-http-client/releases/tag/async-http-client-project-3.0.12

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