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CVE-2026-48817: Starlette: Arbitrary HTTP method dispatched to `HTTPEndpoint` attributes via `getattr`

June 15, 2026

When dispatching a request, HTTPEndpoint selects the handler by lowercasing the HTTP method and looking it up as an attribute with getattr, without restricting the lookup to a known set of HTTP verbs.

When an HTTPEndpoint subclass is registered through Route(...) without an explicit methods= argument, the route does not constrain the method and every method reaches the endpoint. If a non-standard HTTP method whose lowercased name matches an attribute on the endpoint subclass reaches the endpoint, that attribute is invoked as if it were a request handler. An attacker can use this to reach methods that were never meant to be HTTP handlers, such as internal helpers, without the authorization checks applied by the intended public handler.

References

  • github.com/Kludex/starlette/security/advisories/GHSA-x746-7m8f-x49c
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-x746-7m8f-x49c
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-48817

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Affected versions

All versions before 1.1.0

Fixed versions

  • 1.1.0

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.1.0 or above.

Impact 5.3 MEDIUM

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

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Weakness

  • CWE-470: Use of Externally-Controlled Input to Select Classes or Code ('Unsafe Reflection')

Source file

pypi/starlette/CVE-2026-48817.yml

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