# CVE-2026-54278: AIOHTTP: Unread Compressed Request Bodies Bypass client\_max\_size During Cleanup

- Also known as: PYSEC-2026-2111, GHSA-G3CQ-J2XW-WF74
- Severity: CVSS 6.6 (Medium), 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/E:U
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.14.1
- Published: 2026-06-22 · Updated: 2026-06-23

## Affected

- aio-libs aiohttp: fixed in 3.14.1
- aiohttp (PyPI): fixed in 3.14.1

## Description

AIOHTTP is an asynchronous HTTP client/server framework for asyncio and Python. Prior to 3.14.1, during cleanup it is possible for a compressed request body to be decompressed into memory in one chunk. An attacker may be able to send a compressed payload in specific situations that could be decompressed into memory, potentially leading to DoS (a zip bomb edge case). This vulnerability is fixed in 3.14.1.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on aio-libs aiohttp, aiohttp, upgrade to a fixed version (3.14.1) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/aio-libs/aiohttp/security/advisories/GHSA-g3cq-j2xw-wf74
- https://github.com/aio-libs/aiohttp/commit/4f7480e474cccc6a8cc2c92ad3f17a31dedf8232

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