AIOHTTP: HTTP request smuggling via WebSocket upgrade
Title source: cnaExploitation 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)
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).
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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