CVE-2013-7398

main/java/com/ning/http/client/AsyncHttpClientConfig.java in Async Http Client (aka AHC or async-http-client) before 1.9.0 does not require a hostname match during verification of X.509 certificates, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof HTTPS servers via an arbitrary valid certificate.

Published: 2015-06-24 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2013-7398 is rated Low Risk (35.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.83%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-7398

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 1.05% 0.83% -0.22%
2 2026-03-17 1.24% 1.05% -0.19%
3 2025-03-30 1.24%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-7398

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-7398

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2013-7398

GHSA-5c66-6h6g-6q6m · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: maven — Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity in Async Http Client

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-7398

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2013-7398 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (async-http-client), 3 status rows across 3 suites (bookworm, bullseye, sid): resolved 3. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-7398
redhat high https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-7398
ubuntu medium CVE-2013-7398 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (async-http-client), 14 status rows across 14 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, lucid, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): ignored 7, not-affected 6, DNE 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-7398

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-7398

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
async-http-client_project async-http-client <= 1.9.0 cpe:2.3:a:async-http-client_project:async-http-client:*:beta24:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat jboss_fuse <= 6.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_fuse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-7398

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