Security Advisory

CVE-2026-40542

CVE vulnerability detail - eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2026-04-22 07:07:21

Last updated 2026-07-15 01:00:47

Assigner apache

CVSS score not scored

State PUBLISHED

Description

Missing critical step in authentication in Apache HttpClient 5.6 allows an attacker to cause the client to accept SCRAM-SHA-256 authentication without proper mutual authentication verification. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 5.6.1, which fixes this issue.

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