{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "Starlette"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1.3.0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-54282"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-20",
      "CWE-706"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2026-06-15T20:38:08Z",
    "nvd_published_at": null,
    "severity": "LOW"
  },
  "details": "### Summary\n\nIn affected versions, the HTTP request path is not validated before being used to reconstruct `request.url`. Because `request.url` is rebuilt by concatenating `{scheme}://{host}{path}` and re-parsing the result, a path that does not begin with `/` (for example `@google.com`) moves the authority boundary during re-parsing, so `request.url.hostname` and `request.url.netloc` become attacker-controlled. Code that reads `request.url.hostname` (rather than the `Host` header or `scope`) can therefore be misled into trusting an attacker-supplied host.\n\n### Details\n\nWhen a client requests a path that does not start with `/`:\n\n```http\nGET @google.com HTTP/1.1\nHost: localhost\n```\n\naffected versions reconstruct the URL as `http://localhost@google.com`. Per [RFC 3986 \u00a73.2.1](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc3986.html#section-3.2.1), the substring before `@` in the authority is `userinfo`, so re-parsing yields `username = \"localhost\"` and `hostname = \"google.com\"`, with an empty path:\n\n```text\nrequest.url          == \"http://localhost@google.com\"\nrequest.url.hostname == \"google.com\"\nrequest.url.path     == \"\"\n```\n\nThe root cause is that the path is concatenated directly after the host without a separating `/`, and without validating that it begins with one. Only the `Host` header was validated when constructing `request.url`; the path was not.\n\nThis requires an ASGI server that forwards a request-target lacking a leading `/` into `scope[\"path\"]`.\n\n### Impact\n\nAny application running an affected version that uses `request.url`, `request.url.netloc`, or `request.url.hostname` for a security-sensitive decision (host-based authorization, redirect/callback base, SSRF target, cache key, audit log) may be affected, when no fronting proxy or load balancer rejects the malformed request-target first.\n\nNote that this is less exploitable than [GHSA-86qp-5c8j-p5mr](https://github.com/Kludex/starlette/security/advisories/GHSA-86qp-5c8j-p5mr): there, the poison is carried in the `Host` header, so the real path still routes to a valid endpoint while `request.url.path` lies. Here, the poison must be carried in the path itself, and that path (`@google.com`) does not match any registered route, so routing returns `404` and no endpoint handler runs. The exposure is limited to code that reads `request.url` before routing - notably middleware - or in 404/exception handlers.\n\n### Mitigation\n\nUpgrade to a patched version, which prevents the request path from crossing into the URL authority. The request above instead yields `http://localhost/@google.com` with `request.url.hostname == \"localhost\"`.",
  "id": "GHSA-jp82-jpqv-5vv3",
  "modified": "2026-06-15T20:38:09Z",
  "published": "2026-06-15T20:38:08Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/Kludex/starlette/security/advisories/GHSA-jp82-jpqv-5vv3"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/Kludex/starlette"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Starlette: Unvalidated request path concatenated into authority poisons request.url.hostname"
}