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CVE-2026-48061: Litestar: AllowedHostsMiddleware bypasses host validation via client-controlled X-Forwarded-Host header

June 10, 2026

AllowedHostsMiddleware trusts the X-Forwarded-Host header as a fallback when the Host header is absent. Since X-Forwarded-Host is a client-controllable header, an attacker can bypass the allowed hosts validation by omitting the Host header and supplying an X-Forwarded-Host header set to a whitelisted domain. This enables host header injection attacks such as password reset poisoning, cache poisoning, and server-side request routing manipulation.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-3qmc-cj7q-62hv
  • github.com/litestar-org/litestar/commit/6930a20ceb543912cd651b42deae5b9f3637a262
  • github.com/litestar-org/litestar/security/advisories/GHSA-3qmc-cj7q-62hv
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-48061

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions before 2.22.0

Fixed versions

  • 2.22.0

Solution

Upgrade to version 2.22.0 or above.

Impact 5.9 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

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Weakness

  • CWE-348: Use of Less Trusted Source
  • CWE-807: Reliance on Untrusted Inputs in a Security Decision

Source file

pypi/litestar/CVE-2026-48061.yml

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