GHSA-3wq7-rqq7-wx6jLow
AIOHTTP has late size enforcement for non-file multipart fields causes memory DoS
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 Description
Summary
For some multipart form fields, aiohttp read the entire field into memory before checking client_max_size.
Impact
If an application uses Request.post() an attacker can send a specially crafted multipart request to force significant temporary memory allocation even when the request is ultimately rejected.
Patch: https://github.com/aio-libs/aiohttp/commit/cbb774f38330563422ca0c413a71021d7b944145
🎯 Affected products1
- pip/aiohttp:<= 3.13.3
🔗 References (5)
- https://github.com/aio-libs/aiohttp/security/advisories/GHSA-3wq7-rqq7-wx6j
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-34517
- https://github.com/aio-libs/aiohttp/commit/cbb774f38330563422ca0c413a71021d7b944145
- https://github.com/aio-libs/aiohttp/releases/tag/v3.13.4
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3wq7-rqq7-wx6j