Advisory record · GHSA-8qpw-xqxj-h4r2

aiohttp's HTTP parser (the python one, not llhttp) still overly lenient about separators

CVSS 6.5 MediumEPSS 0.010 · 63rd percentile

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 29 Jan 2024, 22:30 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed in
aiohttpPyPI<3.9.23.9.2
Identifiers
GHSA-8qpw-xqxj-h4r2 · CVE-2024-23829 · PYSEC-2024-26
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-444
Published
29 Jan 2024
Updated
10 Sept 2026

Machine-written summary

Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.

aiohttp versions before 3.9.2 have an overly lenient Python HTTP parser (used when llhttp is not in use) that accepts some malformed separators, HTTP version digits, and method or header names that should be rejected. An attacker who can send crafted requests to a server, possibly through a proxy, could use this to smuggle requests, or to trigger unhandled exceptions that consume excessive resources. Upgrade aiohttp to version 3.9.2 or later. The source gives few details on specific exploitation.

Written 5 Nov 2026.

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Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
6.5 Medium 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L CNA (GitHub_M)
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.010, the 63rd percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

  1. 31 Oct 2026, 14:36 UTC First seen by agentprime
  2. 31 Oct 2026, 14:36 UTC Confirmed by OSV

Sources

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