CVE-2026-107283
AsyncHttpClient: Digest authentication cnonce generated with a non-cryptographic random source
LOW 3.7
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.26 % · percentile 18 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- GitHub_M
- NVD status
- Awaiting Analysis
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, Realm.Builder generates the HTTP Digest client nonce with ThreadLocalRandom rather than a cryptographically secure random source. Digest relies on an unpredictable cnonce to resist chosen-plaintext and credential precomputation attacks, so an observer able to infer generator state can reduce the protection of the authentication exchange. This issue is fixed in versions 3.0.12 and 2.16.1.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-338 — Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG)
References
- https://github.com/AsyncHttpClient/async-http-client/security/advisories/GHSA-mfj3-87qq-382v
- https://github.com/AsyncHttpClient/async-http-client/commit/dca2d90db87f0144ea893a6858dca13c426d06b6
- https://github.com/AsyncHttpClient/async-http-client/commit/e1f5fc88fe211d3f64032c33b91093ba3d5e793d
- 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
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | LOW 3.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N | GitHub_M |
| CVSS 3.1 | LOW 3.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N | NVD · security-advisories@github.com (Secondary) |
Advisories
- GHSA-mfj3-87qq-382v — AsyncHttpClient: Digest authentication cnonce generated with a non-cryptographic random source
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-94643
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-107283
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| AsyncHttpClient · async-http-client | affected >= 3.0.0, < 3.0.12 ; affected >= 2.0.0, < 2.16.1 |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |