AIOHTTP: File descriptor exhaustion in multipart requests
### Summary An attacker can exhaust file descriptors with specially crafted multipart requests. ### Impact If a handler uses `Request.post()`, it may be possible for an attacker to use an unlimited number of file descriptors, potentially resulting in resource exhaustion.
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describes (1)
Related CVEs.
| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-111066US | — | — | ||
AIOHTTP is an asynchronous HTTP client/server framework for asyncio and Python. From 2.0.0 until 3.14.4, multipart request processing can retain an unbounded number of open file de… | ||||
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references
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://github.com/aio-libs/aiohttpPACKAGE
- https://github.com/aio-libs/aiohttp/commit/2d94633b7f1b4c1ba07d647b629a8440652b2d09WEB
- https://github.com/aio-libs/aiohttp/releases/tag/v3.14.4WEB
- https://github.com/aio-libs/aiohttp/security/advisories/GHSA-9xw5-w5jj-pvcgWEB
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-111066ADVISORY
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