CVE-2025-69228: AIOHTTP vulnerable to denial of service through large payloads

January 5, 2026 (updated January 6, 2026)

A request can be crafted in such a way that an aiohttp server’s memory fills up uncontrollably during processing.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-6jhg-hg63-jvvf
github.com/aio-libs/aiohttp
github.com/aio-libs/aiohttp/commit/b7dbd35375aedbcd712cbae8ad513d56d11cce60
github.com/aio-libs/aiohttp/security/advisories/GHSA-6jhg-hg63-jvvf
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-69228

Code Behaviors & Features

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