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async-http-client — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2026-102740

The AsyncHttpClient library allows Java applications to execute HTTP requests and asynchronously process HTTP responses. From 2.0.0 until 2.16.1 and 3.0.12, PropertiesBasedResumableProcessor stores resumable download state at the predictable shared path $java.io.tmpdir/ahc/ResumableAsyncHandler.properties with default permissions and link-following file operations. A local user who can read the shared store can see download URLs, including embedded user information or query tokens. A local user who can write within or pre-create the affected shared store directory can plant a symbolic link that the client follows when saving state, truncating and overwriting a target file writable by the client process. The filesystem path is used when ResumableAsyncHandler decorates another AsyncHandler, while the no-argument constructors use a no-op processor and are unaffected. This issue is fixed in versions 2.16.1 and 3.0.12.

Products
async-http-client
Affected versions
2.12.3-1, 2.12.3-1+deb12u1
Fixed versions
Not specified
CVEs
CVE-2026-102740
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 23:05 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2026-102740

core-osv · Original source

Published 15 Oct 2026, 18:17 UTC

The AsyncHttpClient library allows Java applications to execute HTTP requests and asynchronously process HTTP responses. From 2.0.0 until 2.16.1 and 3.0.12, PropertiesBasedResumableProcessor stores resumable download state at the predictable shared path $java.io.tmpdir/ahc/ResumableAsyncHandler.properties with default permissions and link-following file operations. A local user who can read the shared store can see download URLs, including embedded user information or query tokens. A local user who can write within or pre-create the affected shared store directory can plant a symbolic link that the client follows when saving state, truncating and overwriting a target file writable by the client process. The filesystem path is used when ResumableAsyncHandler decorates another AsyncHandler, while the no-argument constructors use a no-op processor and are unaffected. This issue is fixed in versions 2.16.1 and 3.0.12.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2026-102740

async-http-client

Fixed versions: Not specified

Complete source record
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