high · 8.7 Patched

aiohttp: Multiple instances of excessive or unbounded memory/CPU use

GHSA-2g87-pp6c-29x5 · published 19 Oct 2026

How serious is it

  • Severity: high, CVSS score 8.7 out of 10.
  • No exploit prediction (EPSS) score yet.
  • Not on the CISA list of exploited vulnerabilities.
  • No public exploit in Exploit-DB.

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Who is affected

  • aiohttp (PyPI) <= 3.14.3

How to check

  1. Run pip show aiohttp in your project to see the installed version, including copies pulled in by other packages.
  2. Or paste your lockfile into the checker: it lists every package with a known vulnerability, this one included.
  3. Or run npx shippable-dev scan localhost:3000 in your project folder. It reads your lockfile and flags this vulnerability along with every other known one.

How to fix

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  1. Upgrade aiohttp to 3.14.4 or later, commit the lockfile and redeploy.
  2. If a vulnerable version was live, check your logs and rotate the secrets that server could read.

The advisory

### Summary Multiple cases were found where aiohttp could use excessive or unbounded memory, or excessive CPU consumption on attacker controlled requests. ### Impact An attacker could cause resource exhaustion through specially crafted requests.

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References

Merged from GitHub Advisory Database, OSV. Last updated 23 Oct 2026. All vulnerabilities · RSS · JSON

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