Medium severity · published Jan 29, 2024
CVE-2024-23829
aiohttp's HTTP parser (the python one, not llhttp) still overly lenient about separators
6.5
CVSS
1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
aiohttp is an asynchronous HTTP client/server framework for asyncio and Python. Security-sensitive parts of the Python HTTP parser retained minor differences in allowable character sets, that must trigger error handling to robustly match frame boundaries of proxies in order to protect against injection of additional requests. Additionally, validation could trigger exceptions that were not handled consistently with processing of other malformed input. Being more lenient than internet standards require could, depending on deployment environment, assist in request smuggling. The unhandled exception could cause excessive resource consumption on the application server and/or its logging facilities. This vulnerability exists due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2023-47627. Version 3.9.2 fixes this vulnerability.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.0% · higher than 64% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AI
aiohttp · aio-libs
< 3.9.2 · source: vendor, NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
39 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-23829
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-23829
Patch
https://github.com/aio-libs/aiohttp/commit/33ccdfb0a12690af5bb49bda2319ec0907fa7827
Patch
https://github.com/aio-libs/aiohttp/pull/8074
Exploit
https://github.com/aio-libs/aiohttp/security/advisories/GHSA-8qpw-xqxj-h4r2
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ICUOCFGTB25WUT336BZ4UNYLSZOUVKBD/
Mailing List
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XXWVZIVAYWEBHNRIILZVB3R3SDQNNAA7/
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/02/msg00002.html
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