# CVE-2025-14840: HTTP Client Manager - Less critical - Information disclosure - SA-CONTRIB-2025-126

> An attacker can force browse to access sensitive information due to improper exception handling in the Drupal HTTP Client Manager module.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 28 Jan 2026
- **Updated:** 29 Jan 2026
- **Also known as:** DRUPAL-CONTRIB-2025-126, GHSA-wmp3-phmx-x8q8

## What is CVE-2025-14840?

CVE-2025-14840 is a high-severity vulnerability in Drupal HTTP Client Manager, published on 28 Jan 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in Drupal HTTP Client Manager allows Forceful Browsing.This issue affects HTTP Client Manager: from 0.0.0 before 9.3.13, from 10.0.0 before 10.0.2, from 11.0.0 before 11.0.1.

Weakness: CWE-754 (Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-14840?

It affects 1 product.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `drupal/http_client_manager` | Packagist:https://packages.drupal.org/8 | All versions | 9.3.13, 10.0.2, 11.0.1 |

Products: Bmeme Http Client Manager.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-14840?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2025-14840 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-14840 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-14840 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-14840 is a high-severity vulnerability in Drupal HTTP Client Manager, published on 28 Jan 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-14840 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Drupal HTTP Client Manager. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14840/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14840/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-14840
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-14840
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-14840

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14840/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.