GHSA-3wq7-rqq7-wx6j
AIOHTTP has late size enforcement for non-file multipart fields causes memory DoS
Packages
Details
As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).
### Summary
For some multipart form fields, aiohttp read the entire field into memory before checking client_max_size.
### Impact
If an application uses `Request.post()` an attacker can send a specially crafted multipart request to force significant temporary memory allocation even when the request is ultimately rejected.
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Patch: https://github.com/aio-libs/aiohttp/commit/cbb774f38330563422ca0c413a71021d7b944145
References
External links from the advisory. They lead to third-party sites.
- https://github.com/aio-libs/aiohttp/security/advisories/GHSA-3wq7-rqq7-wx6j
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-34517
- https://github.com/aio-libs/aiohttp/commit/cbb774f38330563422ca0c413a71021d7b944145
- https://github.com/aio-libs/aiohttp
- https://github.com/aio-libs/aiohttp/releases/tag/v3.13.4