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Vulnerability IntelligenceGHSA-6mq8-rvhq-8wgg

GHSA-6mq8-rvhq-8wgg

HIGH7.5

AIOHTTP's HTTP Parser auto_decompress feature is vulnerable to zip bomb

Published Jan 5, 2026

Modified 9 months ago

Fix available

Details

Summary

A zip bomb can be used to execute a DoS against the aiohttp server.

Impact

An attacker may be able to send a compressed request that when decompressed by aiohttp could exhaust the host's memory.

Patch: https://github.com/aio-libs/aiohttp/commit/2b920c39002cee0ec5b402581779bbaaf7c9138a

Affected Packages

aiohttp

PyPI

Fixed in:

3.13.3

References

ADVISORY

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6mq8-rvhq-8wgg

PACKAGE

https://github.com/aio-libs/aiohttp

WEB

https://github.com/aio-libs/aiohttp/commit/2b920c39002cee0ec5b402581779bbaaf7c9138a

WEB

https://github.com/aio-libs/aiohttp/security/advisories/GHSA-6mq8-rvhq-8wgg

ADVISORY

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-69223

Aliases

CVE-2025-69223

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.1

7.5

Exploitability

Attack Vector

NetworkAV:N

Attack Complexity

LowAC:L

Privileges Required

NonePR:N

User Interaction

NoneUI:N

Scope

UnchangedS:U

Impact

Confidentiality

NoneC:N

Integrity

NoneI:N

Availability

HighA:H

7.5/CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVE-2025-69223

Ecosystems

PyPI

Timeline

PublishedJan 5, 2026

ModifiedJan 6, 2026

GHSA-6mq8-rvhq-8wgg | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence