CVE-2024-52303 HIGH

CVE-2024-52303: aiohttp memory leak when middleware is enabled when requesting a resource with a non-allowed method

Vendor Aio-Libs
Product aiohttp
Weakness CWE-772
Published November 18, 2024
Last update November 19, 2024

CVSS base score

8.7/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality
Integrity

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

aiohttp is an asynchronous HTTP client/server framework for asyncio and Python. In versions starting with 3.10.6 and prior to 3.10.11, a memory leak can occur when a request produces a MatchInfoError. This was caused by adding an entry to a cache on each request, due to the building of each MatchInfoError producing a unique cache entry. An attacker may be able to exhaust the memory resources of a server by sending a substantial number (100,000s to millions) of such requests. Those who use any middlewares with aiohttp.web should upgrade to version 3.10.11 to receive a patch.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

November 18, 2024 CVE published
November 19, 2024 Record updated