aio-libs/aiohttp · Security

AIOHTTP Affected by Denial of Service (DoS) via Unbounded DNS Cache in TCPConnector

GHSA ID
GHSA-hcc4-c3v8-rx92
CVE ID
CVE-2026-34513
Severity
low
Published
Updated
CVSS v4
2.7 · 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/E:U

Description

Summary

An unbounded DNS cache could result in excessive memory usage possibly resulting in a DoS situation.

Impact

If an application makes requests to a very large number of hosts, this could cause the DNS cache to continue growing and slowly use excessive amounts of memory.


Patch: https://github.com/aio-libs/aiohttp/commit/c4d77c3533122be353b8afca8e8675e3b4cbda98

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