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CVE-2013-7397

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-7397 describes a vulnerability in Async Http Client (AHC) versions prior to 1.9.0, where X.509 certificate verification is bypassed unless both a keyStore and trustStore are explicitly configured. This allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof HTTPS servers using arbitrary certificates, impacting products like async-http-client and JBoss Fuse. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3 (Medium severity), indicating a network-based attack with medium complexity, potentially leading to information integrity compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 6.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_fuse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 1.9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:async-http-client_project:async-http-client:*:beta24:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.99%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
58.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0099 is in the 18th percentile among its peer group of 19,954 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (7)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: com.ning:async-http-clientFixed in: 1.9.0
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss BPMS 6.0Fixed in: async-http-client
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6.0Fixed in: async-http-client
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6.2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6.0Fixed in: async-http-client
View patch
github_advisoryvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6Fixed in: async-http-client

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-8h53-fjgg-g42gmedium

Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity in Async Http Client

May 13, 2022
redhatCVE-2013-7397Important

async-http-client: SSL/TLS certificate verification is disabled under certain conditions

Jul 30, 2013

References

openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2014/08/26/1
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-0850.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-0851.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-1176.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-1551.html
github.com / AsyncHttpClient/async-http-client/issues/352
Vendor Advisory
lists.apache.org / thread.html/ff8dcfe29377088ab655fda9d585dccd5b1f07fabd94ae84fd60a7f8%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/rd0e44e8ef71eeaaa3cf3d1b8b41eb25894372e2995ec908ce7624d26%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
wiki.jenkins-ci.org / display/SECURITY/Jenkins+Security+Advisory+2016-06-20
securityfocus.com / bid/69316