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CVE-2013-7398
main/java/com/ning/http/client/AsyncHttpClientConfig.java in Async Http Client (aka AHC or async-http-client) before 1.9.0 does not…
Medium4.3EPSS 0.83%
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- mitre
Description
main/java/com/ning/http/client/AsyncHttpClientConfig.java in Async Http Client (aka AHC or async-http-client) before 1.9.0 does not require a hostname match during verification of X.509 certificates, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof HTTPS servers via an arbitrary valid certificate.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.83% · top 42% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavencom.ning:async-http-clientGHSA-5c66-6h6g-6q6m (opens in a new tab)
References (10)
- 69317 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- RHSA-2015:0850 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2015:1176 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://github.com/AsyncHttpClient/async-http-client/issues/197 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2015:0851 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/SECURITY/Jenkins+Security+Advisory+2016-06-20 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20140825 Re: CVE Request: Multiple issues in com.ning:async-http-client (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- RHSA-2015:1551 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- [pulsar-commits] 20190416 [GitHub] [pulsar] one70six opened a new issue #4057: Security Vulnerabilities - Black Duck Scan - Pulsar v.2.3.1 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [pulsar-commits] 20201215 [GitHub] [pulsar] yanshuchong opened a new issue #8967: CVSS issue list (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-5c66-6h6g-6q6m (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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