Vulnerability Description

In aiosend/webhook/base.py, the WebhookHandler.feed_update() method performs full deserialization of the incoming JSON via Pydantic before verifying the HMAC signature. Anyone can send a request with an arbitrary body — the server will parse it, spend CPU and memory, and only then reject it.

Vulnerable Code

# aiosend/webhook/base.py — feed_update()
update = Update.model_validate(body, context={"client": self})  #  parsing — always
if not self._check_signature(body, headers):                    #  auth — too late
    return False

Additional aggravating factor: CryptoPayObject is declared with ConfigDict(extra="allow") — all arbitrary fields from the body are stored in memory without any limits.

Minimal PoC

Requests with deliberately invalid signatures (zero credentials):

| extra_fields | body_size | parse_time | status | |---|---|---|---| | 0 | 336 B | 26 µs | 403 REJECTED | | 1,000 | 82 KB | 257 µs | 403 REJECTED | | 5,000 | 410 KB | 1,183 µs | 403 REJECTED | | 10,000 | 820 KB | 2,552 µs | 403 REJECTED | | 10,000 (×512B) | 5.3 MB | 7,490 µs | 403 REJECTED |

All requests were rejected — but the server already performed parsing for each one. 10 parallel threads with 5 MB bodies = >75 ms of CPU spent on requests that will never be authorized.

Affected Components

• aiosend/webhook/base.py — WebhookHandler.feed_update()
• aiosend/types/base.py — CryptoPayObject (extra="allow")
• All adapters: AiohttpManager, FastAPIManager, FlaskManager

Exploitation Conditions

• Attacker: anyone with network access to the webhook endpoint
• Authentication: not required
• Body size limit: absent at the library level (Flask and FastAPI have no default limit)

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