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SCA: security update for org.asynchttpclient:async-http-client (GHSA-x8v2-478q-2hvg)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 473870

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - The AsyncHttpClient (AHC) library allows Java applications to easily execute HTTP requests and
 asynchronously process HTTP responses. From 2.2.0 until 3.0.14, WebSocket permessage-deflate decompression
 is unbounded when compression is enabled. The inbound pipeline aggregates compressed frames before
 WebSocketClientCompressionHandler inflates them, so webSocketMaxFrameSize and webSocketMaxBufferSize do
 not bound decompressed output. A malicious WebSocket peer can send a small compressed message that expands
 to a very large Netty buffer and exhausts JVM heap. This issue is fixed in version 3.0.14.
 (CVE-2026-107227)

Solution

Update the org.asynchttpclient:async-http-client library and its related packages to version 3.0.14 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-x8v2-478q-2hvg

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 473870

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 10/8/2026

Updated: 10/8/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.68

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-107227

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/8/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/7/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-107227