GHSA-q3qx-c6g2-7pw2
aiohttp's ClientSession is vulnerable to CRLF injection via version
At a glance
- Published
- Updated
- CVE
- CVE-2023-49081
- Aliases
- PYSEC-2023-250
- CVSS_V3
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CVSS_V4
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
Description
### Summary Improper validation make it possible for an attacker to modify the HTTP request (e.g. to insert a new header) or even create a new HTTP request if the attacker controls the HTTP version. ### Details The vulnerability only occurs if the attacker can control the HTTP version of the request (including its type). For example if an unvalidated JSON value is used as a version and the attacker is then able to pass an array as the `version` parameter. Furthermore, the vulnerability only occurs when the `Connection` header is passed to the `headers` parameter. At this point, the library will use the parsed value to create the request. If a list is passed, then it bypasses validation and it is possible to perform CRLF injection. ### PoC The POC below shows an example of providing an unvalidated array as a version: https://gist.github.com/jnovikov/184afb593d9c2114d77f508e0ccd508e ### Impact CRLF injection leading to Request Smuggling. ### Workaround If these specific conditions are met and you are unable to upgrade, then validate the user input to the `version` parameter to ensure it is a `str`. Patch: https://github.com/aio-libs/aiohttp/pull/7835/files
Affected packages
| Package | Versions |
|---|---|
| PyPI · aiohttp | introduced 0, fixed 3.9.0 |
References
- https://github.com/aio-libs/aiohttp/security/advisories/GHSA-q3qx-c6g2-7pw2 WEB
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-49081 ADVISORY
- https://github.com/aio-libs/aiohttp/pull/7835/files WEB
- https://github.com/aio-libs/aiohttp/commit/1e86b777e61cf4eefc7d92fa57fa19dcc676013b WEB
- https://gist.github.com/jnovikov/184afb593d9c2114d77f508e0ccd508e WEB
- https://github.com/aio-libs/aiohttp PACKAGE
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/aiohttp/PYSEC-2023-250.yaml WEB
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/02/msg00002.html WEB
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TY5SI6NK5243DEEDQUFKQKW5GQNKQUMA WEB
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WSYWMP64ZFCTC3VO6RY6EC6VSSMV6I3A WEB
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| OSV.dev | CC-BY 4.0 — GitHub Advisory Database |