Starlette has missing Host header validation that poisons request.url.path, bypassing path-based security checks (Kludex starlette)
En bref
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 70.29 % · centile 99 ()
- État
- PUBLISHED
- Publiée
- Mise à jour
- Attribuée par
- GitHub_M
- Statut NVD
- Analyzed
Description
Starlette is a lightweight ASGI framework/toolkit. Prior to version 1.0.1, the HTTP `Host` request header was not validated before being used to reconstruct `request.url`. Because the routing algorithm relies on the raw HTTP path while `request.url` is rebuilt from the `Host` header, a malformed header could make `request.url.path` differ from the path that was actually requested. Middleware and endpoints that apply security restrictions based on `request.url` (rather than the raw `scope` path) could therefore be bypassed. Users should upgrade to a version greater than or equal to version 1.0.1, which validates the `Host` header against the grammar of RFC 9112 §3.2 / RFC 3986 §3.2.2 when constructing `request.url` and falls back to `scope["server"]` for malformed values.
Faiblesses (CWE)
- CWE-444 — Dissimulation de requête ou de réponse HTTP
- CWE-1289 — Improper Validation of Unsafe Equivalence in Input
Références
- https://github.com/Kludex/starlette/security/advisories/GHSA-86qp-5c8j-p5mr
- https://github.com/Kludex/starlette/commit/764dab0dcfb9033d75442d7a359645c9f94648c6
- https://badhost.org
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/starlette/PYSEC-2026-161.yaml
- https://ostif.org/disclosing-the-badhost-vulnerability-in-starlette
- https://www.secwest.net/starlette
- https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2026-002-starlette
- https://www.wiz.io/blog/ai-infrastructure-honeypot
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2026-48710
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-48710
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2481742
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-48710.json
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:30089
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:30088
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:24866
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:23346
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:43038
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:37275
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60520
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:34456
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:44696
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:22993
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26226
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:51357
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:22992
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:34532
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:34526
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:63337
Scores
| Version | Score | Vecteur | Évalué par |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N | GitHub_M |
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N | redhat-SADP |
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N | NVD · security-advisories@github.com (Secondary) |
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N | NVD · 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c (Secondary) |
Avis
- GHSA-86qp-5c8j-p5mr — Starlette has missing Host header validation that poisons request.url.path, bypassing path-based security checks
- PYSEC-2026-161 — BadHost: Missing Host header validation poisons request.url.path, bypassing path-based security checks
Références européennes
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-32016
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-48710
Avis du CERT-FR
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1385 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1378 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1206 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1094 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0933 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Configurations affectées (CPE NVD)
cpe:2.3:a:encode:starlette:*:*:*:*:*:python:*:*≥ 0.8.3 < 1.0.1cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ai_inference_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 3.3.0 ≤ 3.3.5cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.6:-:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.7:-:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:redhat:migration_toolkit_for_applications:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*< 8.2.0cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_ai:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 3.3 < 3.3.5cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_ai:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 3.4 < 3.4.2cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_lightspeed:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:redhat:satellite:6.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:redhat:satellite:6.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:redhat:satellite:6.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_ai:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Produits affectés
| Produit | Versions |
|---|---|
| Kludex · starlette | affected < 1.0.1 |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities | CC0 1.0 |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |