CVE-2013-7398: Async-HTTP-Client Project Async-HTTP-Client

Medium severity, CVSS 4.3. EPSS: 0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Async-HTTP-Client Project Async-HTTP-Client: up to and including 1.9.0
• Red Hat JBoss Fuse: up to and including 6.1.0

Published 2015-06-24. Last modified 2026-06-17.