CVE-2026-40542High· 7.3▾ TwilightMissing 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…
▾ Twilight zone — High severity, or a signal on a lesser flaw
impact 40.2 · likelihood 0.1 · exploitation 0
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Exploit-prediction probability, daily snapshots since Aug 26.
Disclosure to exploitation, from the record and what we observed since indexing it.
Disclosed via NVD
0.5%
0.5% → 0.6%
Last analysed / modified upstream
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.
httpclient = 5.6Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.
Connected by shared product, vendor, weakness, or advisory.
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