9.2

CVE-2024-53990: asynchttpclient async-http-client Improper Authentication

CVSS: 9.2v4.0CriticalDeferred
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53990DEBIAN-CVE-2024-53990CGA-5jr9-5cgw-2h44
Published 02-12-2024Last modified 04-12-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-53990 is a critical (CVSS 9.2) Improper Authentication vulnerability in asynchttpclient async-http-client. EPSS estimates a 0.72% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 53.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.2/10
010
Critical · v4.0 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.72%
0%100%
Low · +0.14 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 0 · Related 3
CGA-99VM-8Q2M-VXJ6CGA-PPGW-F77H-JRGRCGA-XW4H-XX8W-8VM8

Timeline

  1. 02-12-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-12-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The AsyncHttpClient (AHC) library allows Java applications to easily execute HTTP requests and asynchronously process HTTP responses. When making any HTTP request, the automatically enabled and self-managed CookieStore (aka cookie jar) will silently replace explicitly defined Cookies with any that have the same name from the cookie jar. For services that operate with multiple users, this can result in one user's Cookie being used for another user's requests.

CVSS metrics

7 scores · 7 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.72%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

53%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.14 pp

From 0.58% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.72%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Chainguard8 products
  • apache-pulsar< 4.0.1-r1
  • apache-pulsar-compat< 4.0.1-r1
  • tez< 0.10.4-r8
  • thingsboard< 3.9-r1
  • thingsboard-tb-js-executor< 3.9-r1
Wolfi8 products
  • apache-pulsar< 4.0.1-r1
  • apache-pulsar-compat< 4.0.1-r1
  • tez< 0.10.4-r8
  • thingsboard< 3.9-r1
  • thingsboard-tb-js-executor< 3.9-r1
Asynchttpclient1 product
Debian1 product
  • async-http-clientAll versions (No fix recorded)
Org.asynchttpclient1 product
  • async-http-client≥ 2.1.0, < 2.12.4 | ≥ 3.0.0.Beta1, < 3.0.1
Ubuntu1 product
  • async-http-clientAll versions (No fix recorded)

6 vendors · 20 products

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