# CVE-2026-22815: AIOHTTP: Uncapped memory usage possible through aiohttp allowing unlimited trailer headers

- Also known as: PYSEC-2026-2094, GHSA-W2FM-2CPV-W7V5
- Severity: CVSS 6.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.13.4
- Published: 2026-04-01 · Updated: 2026-04-04

## Affected

- aio-libs aiohttp: fixed in 3.13.4
- aiohttp (PyPI): fixed in 3.13.4

## Description

AIOHTTP is an asynchronous HTTP client/server framework for asyncio and Python. Prior to version 3.13.4, insufficient restrictions in header/trailer handling could cause uncapped memory usage. This issue has been patched in version 3.13.4.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on aio-libs aiohttp, aiohttp, upgrade to a fixed version (3.13.4) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/aio-libs/aiohttp/security/advisories/GHSA-w2fm-2cpv-w7v5
- https://github.com/aio-libs/aiohttp/commit/0c2e9da51126238a421568eb7c5b53e5b5d17b36
- https://github.com/aio-libs/aiohttp/releases/tag/v3.13.4

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