USN-8591-1: AIOHTTP vulnerabilities

Publication date

22 July 2026

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in AIOHTTP.


Packages

Details

Sean Gilligan discovered that AIOHTTP did not properly limit memory
usage when processing HTTP headers and trailers. An attacker could
possibly use this issue to consume excessive system resources, resulting
in a denial of service. (CVE-2026-22815)

It was discovered that AIOHTTP did not properly limit the size of its
DNS cache. An attacker could possibly use this issue to consume
excessive system resources, resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2026-34513)

Mingi Jung discovered that AIOHTTP did not properly sanitize the
content_type parameter. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
inject malicious HTTP headers, resulting in HTTP response splitting.
(CVE-2026-34514)

It was discovered that AIOHTTP did not properly limit memory usage when
processing multipart headers. An attacker could possibly use...

Sean Gilligan discovered that AIOHTTP did not properly limit memory
usage when processing HTTP headers and trailers. An attacker could
possibly use this issue to consume excessive system resources, resulting
in a denial of service. (CVE-2026-22815)

It was discovered that AIOHTTP did not properly limit the size of its
DNS cache. An attacker could possibly use this issue to consume
excessive system resources, resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2026-34513)

Mingi Jung discovered that AIOHTTP did not properly sanitize the
content_type parameter. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
inject malicious HTTP headers, resulting in HTTP response splitting.
(CVE-2026-34514)

It was discovered that AIOHTTP did not properly limit memory usage when
processing multipart headers. An attacker could possibly use this issue
to consume excessive system resources, resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2026-34516)


Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
26.04 LTS resolute python3-aiohttp –  3.13.3-3ubuntu1+esm1  
24.04 LTS noble python3-aiohttp –  3.9.1-1ubuntu0.1+esm3  
22.04 LTS jammy python3-aiohttp –  3.8.1-4ubuntu0.2+esm3  
20.04 LTS focal python3-aiohttp –  3.6.2-1ubuntu1+esm6  
18.04 LTS bionic python3-aiohttp –  3.0.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm7  
16.04 LTS xenial python3-aiohttp –  0.20.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

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