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GHSA-G3CQ-J2XW-WF74

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-06-15 20:09 – Updated: 2026-06-15 20:09

Summary

aiohttp: Unread Compressed Request Bodies Bypass client_max_size During Cleanup

Details

Summary

During cleanup it is possible for a compressed request body to be decompressed into memory in one chunk.

Impact

An attacker may be able to send a compressed payload in specific situations that could be decompressed into memory, potentially leading to DoS (a zip bomb edge case).

Workaround

Disable compression if unable to upgrade.

Patch: https://github.com/aio-libs/aiohttp/commit/4f7480e474cccc6a8cc2c92ad3f17a31dedf8232

Severity

6.6 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U

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      },
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      },
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            {
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            },
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  ],
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    ],
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  "modified": "2026-06-15T20:09:51Z",
  "published": "2026-06-15T20:09:51Z",
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    }
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      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U",
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    }
  ],
  "summary": "aiohttp: Unread Compressed Request Bodies Bypass client_max_size During Cleanup"
}

CVE-2026-54278 (GCVE-0-2026-54278)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-22 16:38 – Updated: 2026-06-23 16:10

Title

AIOHTTP: Unread Compressed Request Bodies Bypass client_max_size During Cleanup

Summary

AIOHTTP is an asynchronous HTTP client/server framework for asyncio and Python. Prior to 3.14.1, during cleanup it is possible for a compressed request body to be decompressed into memory in one chunk. An attacker may be able to send a compressed payload in specific situations that could be decompressed into memory, potentially leading to DoS (a zip bomb edge case). This vulnerability is fixed in 3.14.1.

Severity

6.6 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)

CWE

CWE-409 - Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification)

Assigner

GitHub_M

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/aio-libs/aiohttp/security/advi…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/aio-libs/aiohttp/commit/4f7480…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
aio-libs	aiohttp	Affected: < 3.14.1

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Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

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Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-G3CQ-J2XW-WF74

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CVE-2026-54278 (GCVE-0-2026-54278)

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