CRITICALVulnerability

CVE-2026-71290

Improper TLS hostname verification vulnerability in Apache HttpComponents Client 5.4 or newer. HostnameVerificationPolicy#BUILTIN setting has no effect when used with the async version of HttpClient. An attacker that can intercept and modify traffic between the client and the server can impersonate the server by presenting a valid certificate for a different domain.  Please note the classic version of HttpClient is not affected by this vulnerability.  Affected users are recommended to upgrade to at least version 5.6.4, which fixes the issue.

Properties

severity
CRITICAL
score
9.1
cve_id
CVE-2026-71290
vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
published_at
2026-08-11T21:17:51.157
last_modified
2026-08-17T19:06:52.793

Related Entities (3)

HAS_WEAKNESS (1)

[Weakness]Improper Certificate Validation

DESCRIBED_BY (1)

[Source]NVD

AFFECTS_PRODUCT (1)

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