Async Http Client (aka AHC or async-http-client) before 1.9.0 skips X.509 certificate verification unless both a keyStore location and a trustStore location are explicitly set, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof HTTPS servers by presenting an arbitrary certificate during use of a typical AHC configuration, as demonstrated by a configuration that does not send client certificates.
CVE-2013-7397
- No confirmed exploitation signals yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- —
- EG Score
- 0.0(none)
- EPSS
- 58.4%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
June 24, 2015
Last Modified
May 6, 2026
References (20)
- cve@mitrehttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/26/1
- cve@mitrehttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0850.html
- cve@mitrehttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0851.html
- cve@mitrehttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1176.html
- cve@mitrehttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1551.html
- cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69316
- cve@mitrehttps://github.com/AsyncHttpClient/async-http-client/issues/352
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ff8dcfe29377088ab655fda9d585dccd5b1f07fabd94ae84fd60a7f8%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd0e44e8ef71eeaaa3cf3d1b8b41eb25894372e2995ec908ce7624d26%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
- cve@mitrehttps://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/SECURITY/Jenkins+Security+Advisory+2016-06-20
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/26/1
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0850.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0851.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1176.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1551.html
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2013-7397(3)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2015:1176Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6.2.0 update
- RHSA-2015:0850Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6.1.0 update
- RHSA-2015:0851Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss BPM Suite 6.1.0 update
Patch Availability(2)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhat | async-http-client | 2015-08-05 | redhat |
| redhat | patch | 2015-06-23 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(1 across 1 ecosystem)
Maven(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| com.ning:async-http-client | 1.0.0 ... 1.9.0-BETA9 (86 versions) | 1.9.0 | — |
Additional Vendor Advisories
(1)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
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