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Denial of service through large payloads

High
Dreamsorcerer published GHSA-6jhg-hg63-jvvf Jan 5, 2026

Package

pip aiohttp (pip)

Affected versions

<=3.13.2

Patched versions

3.13.3

Description

Summary

A request can be crafted in such a way that an aiohttp server's memory fills up uncontrollably during processing.

Impact

If an application includes a handler that uses the Request.post() method, an attacker may be able to freeze the server by exhausting the memory.


Patch: b7dbd35

Severity

High

CVE ID

CVE-2025-69228

Weaknesses

No CWEs

Credits