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DoS through chunked messages

Moderate
Dreamsorcerer published GHSA-g84x-mcqj-x9qq Jan 5, 2026

Package

pip aiohttp (pip)

Affected versions

<=3.13.2

Patched versions

3.13.3

Description

Summary

Handling of chunked messages can result in excessive blocking CPU usage when receiving a large number of chunks.

Impact

If an application makes use of the request.read() method in an endpoint, it may be possible for an attacker to cause the server to spend a moderate amount of blocking CPU time (e.g. 1 second) while processing the request. This could potentially lead to DoS as the server would be unable to handle other requests during that time.


Patch: dc3170b
Patch: 4ed97a4

Severity

Moderate

CVE ID

CVE-2025-69229

Weaknesses

No CWEs

Credits