CVE-2023-37276

highpriority · track · 30EPSS 0.013 · 71 %ileDEEURUUS
grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
1.34% (71st) EPSS
CVSS 7.5 · high
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11 products
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6 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

aiohttp is an asynchronous HTTP client/server framework for asyncio and Python. aiohttp v3.8.4 and earlier are bundled with llhttp v6.0.6. Vulnerable code is used by aiohttp for its HTTP request parser when available which is the default case when installing from a wheel. This vulnerability only affects users of aiohttp as an HTTP server (ie `aiohttp.Application`), you are not affected by this vulnerability if you are using aiohttp as an HTTP client library (ie `aiohttp.ClientSession`). Sending a crafted HTTP request will cause the server to misinterpret one of the HTTP header values leading to HTTP request smuggling. This issue has been addressed in version 3.8.5. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade can reinstall aiohttp using `AIOHTTP_NO_EXTENSIONS=1` as an environment variable to disable the llhttp HTTP request parser implementation. The pure Python implementation isn't vulnerable.

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7.5
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5.3–7.5

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.6
v3.17.5highAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU
v3.15.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.15.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:Nsecondary · security-advisories@github.comexploitability 3.9 · impact 1.4
v3.15.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:Nsecondary · OSV
v3.16.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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Exploitation: poc · Automatable: yes · Technical Impact: partialcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS
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affected products (11)

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advisories (3)

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  • WID-SEC-W-2024-0949Red Hat Satellite: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2024-04-23csaf · cert_bundDE

    Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Red Hat Satellite ausnutzen, um Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen, einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand herbeizuführen, vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen, Dateien zu manipulieren, HTTP-Request-Smuggling-Angriffe durchzuführen oder Phishing- und Cross-Site-Scripting (XSS)-Angriffe auszuführen.

  • GHSA-45c4-8wx5-qw6waiohttp.web.Application vulnerable to HTTP request smuggling via llhttp HTTP request parser2023-07-20ghsa · osvUS

    ### Impact aiohttp v3.8.4 and earlier are [bundled with llhttp v6.0.6](https://github.com/aio-libs/aiohttp/blob/v3.8.4/.gitmodules) which is vulnerable to CVE-2023-30589. The vulnerable code is used by aiohttp for its HTTP request parser when available which is the default case when installing from a wheel. This vulnerability only affects users of aiohttp as an HTTP server (ie `aiohttp.Application`), you are not affected by this vulnerability if you are using aiohttp as an HTTP client library (ie `aiohttp.ClientSession`). ### Reproducer ```python from aiohttp import web async def example(request: web.Request): headers = dict(request.headers) body = await request.content.read() return web.Response(text=f"headers: {headers} body: {body}") app = web.Application() app.add_routes([web.post('/', example)]) web.run_app(app) ``` Sending a crafted HTTP request will cause the server to misinterpret one of the HTTP header values leading to HTTP request smuggling. ```console $ printf "POST / HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: localhost:8080\r\nX-Abc: \rxTransfer-Encoding: chunked\r\n\r\n1\r\nA\r\n0\r\n\r\n" \ | nc localhost 8080 Expected output: headers: {'Host': 'localhost:8080', 'X-Abc': '\rxTransfer-Encoding: chunked'} body: b'' Actual output (note that 'Transfer-Encoding: chunked' is an HTTP header now and body is treated differently) headers: {'Host': 'localhost:8080', 'X-Abc': '', 'Transfer-Encoding': 'chunked'} body: b'A' ``` ### Patches Upgrade to the latest version of aiohttp to resolve this vulnerability. It has been fixed in v3.8.5: [`pip install aiohttp >= 3.8.5`](https://pypi.org/project/aiohttp/3.8.5/) ### Workarounds If you aren't able to upgrade you can reinstall aiohttp using `AIOHTTP_NO_EXTENSIONS=1` as an environment variable to disable the llhttp HTTP request parser implementation. The pure Python implementation isn't vulnerable to request smuggling: ```console $ python -m pip uninstall --yes aiohttp $ AIOHTTP_NO_EXTENSIONS=1 python -m pip install --no-binary=aiohttp --no-cache aiohttp ``` ### References * https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-30589 * https://hackerone.com/reports/2001873

  • PYSEC-2023-120aiohttp.web.Application vulnerable to HTTP request smuggling via llhttp HTTP request parser2023-07-20vendor · osvUS

    ### Impact aiohttp v3.8.4 and earlier are [bundled with llhttp v6.0.6](https://github.com/aio-libs/aiohttp/blob/v3.8.4/.gitmodules) which is vulnerable to CVE-2023-30589. The vulnerable code is used by aiohttp for its HTTP request parser when available which is the default case when installing from a wheel. This vulnerability only affects users of aiohttp as an HTTP server (ie `aiohttp.Application`), you are not affected by this vulnerability if you are using aiohttp as an HTTP client library (ie `aiohttp.ClientSession`). ### Reproducer ```python from aiohttp import web async def example(request: web.Request): headers = dict(request.headers) body = await request.content.read() return web.Response(text=f"headers: {headers} body: {body}") app = web.Application() app.add_routes([web.post('/', example)]) web.run_app(app) ``` Sending a crafted HTTP request will cause the server to misinterpret one of the HTTP header values leading to HTTP request smuggling. ```console $ printf "POST / HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: localhost:8080\r\nX-Abc: \rxTransfer-Encoding: chunked\r\n\r\n1\r\nA\r\n0\r\n\r\n" \ | nc localhost 8080 Expected output: headers: {'Host': 'localhost:8080', 'X-Abc': '\rxTransfer-Encoding: chunked'} body: b'' Actual output (note that 'Transfer-Encoding: chunked' is an HTTP header now and body is treated differently) headers: {'Host': 'localhost:8080', 'X-Abc': '', 'Transfer-Encoding': 'chunked'} body: b'A' ``` ### Patches Upgrade to the latest version of aiohttp to resolve this vulnerability. It has been fixed in v3.8.5: [`pip install aiohttp >= 3.8.5`](https://pypi.org/project/aiohttp/3.8.5/) ### Workarounds If you aren't able to upgrade you can reinstall aiohttp using `AIOHTTP_NO_EXTENSIONS=1` as an environment variable to disable the llhttp HTTP request parser implementation. The pure Python implementation isn't vulnerable to request smuggling: ```console $ python -m pip uninstall --yes aiohttp $ AIOHTTP_NO_EXTENSIONS=1 python -m pip install --no-binary=aiohttp --no-cache aiohttp ``` ### References * https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-30589 * https://hackerone.com/reports/2001873

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