# AsyncHttpClient stores cookie for an unrelated domain (cookie tossing) via ThreadSafeCookieStore

Advisory record · `GHSA-m452-q8c9-rg2f`

- **Identifiers:** `GHSA-m452-q8c9-rg2f` · `CVE-2026-55688`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 4.0 Medium
- **Critical:** No
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-1275](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/1275.html)
- **Tags:** [CWE-1275](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/cwe-1275.md)
- **Published:** 26 Aug 2026
- **Updated:** 10 Sept 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 26 Aug 2026, 14:35 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

## Affected packages

- `org.asynchttpclient:async-http-client` (Maven): affected `>=3.0.0.Beta1, <3.0.11 || >=2.0.0, <2.16.0`; fixed in `3.0.11`, `2.16.0`

## Machine-written summary

Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.

> Async-http-client versions 3.0.0.Beta1 up to but not including 3.0.11, and 2.0.0 up to but not including 2.16.0, store cookies under a Domain attribute without checking that the responding host may set cookies for that domain. An attacker controlling a host the client connects to can plant a cookie for an unrelated domain, which the client then sends to that domain. Exposure requires one shared client instance reaching both an attacker-influenced host and a trusted host. Upgrade to 3.0.11 or 2.16.0. Alternatively, disable the cookie store or use separate clients per trust domain.

Written 2 Nov 2026.

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our analysis of this Advisory yet. Once a person has reviewed it, this page will say what’s vulnerable, what has to be true for your app to be affected, and how to check.

## Severity and exploitation

- 4.0 Medium, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N`, from CNA (GitHub_M)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0033, the 26th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

- 31 Oct 2026, 14:16 UTC: First seen by agentprime
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:16 UTC: [Confirmed by OSV](https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-m452-q8c9-rg2f)

## Sources

- [GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-m452-q8c9-rg2f](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-m452-q8c9-rg2f)
- [OSV: GHSA-m452-q8c9-rg2f](https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-m452-q8c9-rg2f)
- <https://github.com/AsyncHttpClient/async-http-client/security/advisories/GHSA-m452-q8c9-rg2f>
- <https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-55688>
- <https://github.com/AsyncHttpClient/async-http-client/pull/2196>
- <https://github.com/AsyncHttpClient/async-http-client/pull/2199>
- <https://github.com/AsyncHttpClient/async-http-client/commit/8e4069cf3c92abe099db5fb13378ac2fe9e1fd3b>
- <https://github.com/AsyncHttpClient/async-http-client/commit/e6955c1e3951cf80e286981d064f6c926ce33f47>
- <https://github.com/AsyncHttpClient/async-http-client>
- <https://github.com/AsyncHttpClient/async-http-client/releases/tag/async-http-client-project-2.16.0>
- <https://github.com/AsyncHttpClient/async-http-client/releases/tag/async-http-client-project-3.0.11>
- <https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2026/08/msg00011.html>

Facts on this page come from the GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY 4.0), OSV and the other sources listed, as published. We don’t reproduce full advisory descriptions, which can contain exploit code.

## Check whether this affects you

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