CVE-2026-69243

MEDIUM LAB

AIOHTTP: HTTP request smuggling via WebSocket upgrade

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2026-69243. PoCs published by JVBotelho.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This repository contains a functional proof-of-concept for CVE-2026-69243, an HTTP request smuggling vulnerability (CWE-444) in aiohttp. The exploit demonstrates how a crafted WebSocket upgrade request with a Content-Length or chunked body can desynchronize frontend (Nginx) and backend (aiohttp) parsers, allowing smuggling of unauthorized requests (e.g., /admin).

Description

AIOHTTP is an asynchronous HTTP client/server framework for asyncio and Python. Prior to 3.14.2, the HTTP parsers were vulnerable to a request smuggling attack relating to WebSocket upgrades. If using the server-side component, an attacker may be able to execute a request smuggling vulnerability using an edge case in the WebSocket upgrade procedure. A WebSocket upgrade request with a body could cause the parser to switch protocols before the complete request body was received, leaving trailing bytes to be handled as upgraded-protocol or pipelined data rather than normal HTTP body data. This issue is fixed in version 3.14.2.

Exploits (1)

github WORKING POC 1 stars
by JVBotelho · rustpoc
https://github.com/JVBotelho/cve-2026-69243-poc-aiohttp-smuggling

This repository contains a functional proof-of-concept for CVE-2026-69243, an HTTP request smuggling vulnerability (CWE-444) in aiohttp. The exploit demonstrates how a crafted WebSocket upgrade request with a Content-Length or chunked body can desynchronize frontend (Nginx) and backend (aiohttp) parsers, allowing smuggling of unauthorized requests (e.g., /admin).

Classification
Working Poc 98%
Attack Type
Other
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: aiohttp 3.14.1 (vulnerable version), Nginx (as reverse proxy)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Nginx configured as a reverse proxy to a vulnerable aiohttp backend (3.14.1 or unpatched) · Attacker must be able to send HTTP requests to the proxy · Backend must log requests for out-of-band verification
mistral-large-3 · analyzed Aug 05, 2026 Full analysis →

Scores

CVSS v4 6.3
EPSS 0.0027
EPSS Percentile 19.7%
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Details

CWE
CWE-444
Status published
Products (2)
aio-libs/aiohttp < 3.14.2
pypi/aiohttp 0 - 3.14.2PyPI
Published Aug 03, 2026
Tracked Since Aug 04, 2026