GHSA-5wr8-gcqf-gqf3High

aiohttp server lacks an initial request/header timeout

Published
October 19, 2026
Last Modified
October 19, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

📋 Description

Summary

The keepalive timeout was not used during the initial portion of a request.

Impact

An attacker could keep an idle connection open indefinitely before sending any data.

Workaround

Use a reverse proxy (as recommended for all production deployments) with sensible keepalive limits.

🎯 Affected products1

  • pip/aiohttp:<= 3.14.3

🔗 References (4)