# CVE-2024-52303: aiohttp memory leak when middleware is enabled when requesting a resource with a non-allowed method

- Also known as: GHSA-27MF-GHQM-J3J8, PYSEC-2026-1096
- Severity: CVSS 8.7 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.10.11
- Published: 2024-11-18 · Updated: 2024-11-19

## Affected

- aio-libs aiohttp: from 3.10.6, fixed in 3.10.11
- aiohttp (PyPI): from 3.10.6, fixed in 3.10.11

## Description

aiohttp is an asynchronous HTTP client/server framework for asyncio and Python. In versions starting with 3.10.6 and prior to 3.10.11, a memory leak can occur when a request produces a MatchInfoError. This was caused by adding an entry to a cache on each request, due to the building of each MatchInfoError producing a unique cache entry. An attacker may be able to exhaust the memory resources of a server by sending a substantial number (100,000s to millions) of such requests. Those who use any middlewares with aiohttp.web should upgrade to version 3.10.11 to receive a patch.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on aio-libs aiohttp, aiohttp, upgrade to a fixed version (3.10.11) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/aio-libs/aiohttp/security/advisories/GHSA-27mf-ghqm-j3j8
- https://github.com/aio-libs/aiohttp/commit/bc15db61615079d1b6327ba42c682f758fa96936

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