SCA: security update for com.ning:async-http-client (GHSA-5c66-6h6g-6q6m)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 410753

Description

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

- 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.
(CVE-2013-7398)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5c66-6h6g-6q6m

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 410753

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-7398

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/13/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/20/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-7398

BID: 69317

cwe: CWE-345