# CVE-2024-52304: aiohttp vulnerable to request smuggling due to incorrect parsing of chunk extensions

- Also known as: GHSA-8495-4G3G-X7PR, PYSEC-2026-1103
- Severity: CVSS 6.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/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: 2025-11-03

## Affected

- aio-libs aiohttp: fixed in 3.10.11
- aiohttp (PyPI): fixed in 3.10.11

## Description

aiohttp is an asynchronous HTTP client/server framework for asyncio and Python. Prior to version 3.10.11, the Python parser parses newlines in chunk extensions incorrectly which can lead to request smuggling vulnerabilities under certain conditions. If a pure Python version of aiohttp is installed (i.e. without the usual C extensions) or `AIOHTTP_NO_EXTENSIONS` is enabled, then an attacker may be able to execute a request smuggling attack to bypass certain firewalls or proxy protections. Version 3.10.11 fixes the issue.

## 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-8495-4g3g-x7pr
- https://github.com/aio-libs/aiohttp/commit/259edc369075de63e6f3a4eaade058c62af0df71

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