AsyncHttpClient CookieStore Silently Overrides Caller's Explicit Cookie Header via setHeader (Bypass of CVE-2024-53990 Fix)

[ Description ]Official description

The AsyncHttpClient (AHC) library allows Java applications to easily execute HTTP requests and asynchronously process HTTP responses. From 2.1.0 until 3.0.14, the enabled-by-default cookie store replaces a Cookie header explicitly supplied through setHeader or addHeader whenever the store contributes any cookie for the origin. In a shared client, stored cookies originating from one user can replace a different user's request cookie, causing the request to execute under the wrong session. This bypasses the earlier CVE-2024-53990 remediation, which covered cookies supplied through addCookie but not a directly supplied header. This issue is fixed in version 3.0.14.

[ Fixes ]Fixes and patches

• org.asynchttpclient:async-http-client 3.0.14Fixed version · GitHub Advisories · maven package org.asynchttpclient:async-http-client: upgrade to 3.0.14 or later (affected >= 3.0.0, <= 3.0.13)

[ Packages ]Affected open-source packages

• org.asynchttpclient:async-http-client mavenAffected >= 3.0.0, <= 3.0.13 · fixed in 3.0.14 · GHSA-2jwh-9rmr-j4xf
• org.asynchttpclient:async-http-client mavenAffected >= 2.1.0, <= 2.16.1 · GHSA-2jwh-9rmr-j4xf

[ References ]References

• github.com/AsyncHttpClient/async-http-client/commit/fd9763620725126c1c8bb0af1ceb9a75230…
• github.com/AsyncHttpClient/async-http-client/releases/tag/async-http-client-project-3.0.14
• github.com/AsyncHttpClient/async-http-client/security/advisories/GHSA-2jwh-9rmr-j4xf