Subdomain cookies can strip Host-Only scope in AIOHTTP
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Passive
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 13 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat.
Summary
AIOHTTP versions before 3.14.4 are affected. A subdomain can remove the Host-Only scope from an existing parent-domain cookie because the framework relies on cookies without validation and integrity checking (CWE-565). A user who visits an untrusted subdomain can have host-only protections stripped from cookies, although the impact is limited when applications do not reflect those cookies to a browser.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Description from the CNA
AIOHTTP is an asynchronous HTTP client/server framework for asyncio and Python. Prior to 3.14.4, Host-Only scope on an existing parent-domain cookie can be removed by a subdomain. A user who accesses an untrusted subdomain can consequently have host-only protections stripped from cookies, although impact is limited when applications do not reflect those cookies to a browser. This issue is fixed in version 3.14.4.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| aio-libs | aiohttp | before 3.14.4 | 3.14.4 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | aiohttp (PyPI) | before 3.14.4 | 3.14.4 | Patch available | GHSA-gx76-c99x-2c96 |
- aiohttp Vendoraio-libs Affected before 3.14.4 Fixed in 3.14.4 Patch available CNA
- aiohttp (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 3.14.4 Fixed in 3.14.4 Patch available GHSA-gx76-c99x-2c96
Remediation
Upgrade the aiohttp package on PyPI to version 3.14.4, which fixes the issue. The sources list no fixed version for Exploit Intelligence and Red Hat Update Infrastructure 4 for Cloud Providers, and for 11 other affected products, including Lightspeed Core and Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI).
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
- Fix · CNA aiohttp (aio-libs) Fixed in 3.14.4
- Fix · GHSA-gx76-c99x-2c96 aiohttp (PyPI) Fixed in 3.14.4 Advisory →
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit Intelligence | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Lightspeed Core | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Migration Toolkit for Applications 8 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| OpenShift Lightspeed | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat AI Inference Server | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform Ansible Core 2 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Discovery 2 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) 3 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Lightspeed Services for OCP | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Satellite 6 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Update Infrastructure 4 for Cloud Providers | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
Timeline
- 2026-10-19 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-111749
- 2026-10-20 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-20 CVSS score added · Red Hat
- 2026-10-21 Alias added: GHSA-gx76-c99x-2c96
- 2026-10-21 Fix available: PyPI/[email protected] · GHSA-gx76-c99x-2c96
- 2026-10-21 CVSS score added · GHSA-gx76-c99x-2c96
- 2026-10-21 Weakness changed · GHSA-gx76-c99x-2c96
- 2026-10-21 5 new references · GHSA-gx76-c99x-2c96
- 2026-10-23 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
More aio-libs vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-38826 aiomysql allows arbitrary access to client files through vulnerability of a malicious MySQL server CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.2
- TI-2024-15436 aiohttp.web.static(follow_symlinks=True) is vulnerable to directory traversal CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2023-25769 Request smuggling in aiohttp CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2023-18906 aiohttp vulnerable to HTTP request smuggling CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2023-26746 aiohttp's ClientSession is vulnerable to CRLF injection via version CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
- TI-2026-66145 Multidict: Reference leak in CIMultiDict/MultiDict items-view union and subtraction CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
Sources
- CVE-2026-111749 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-111749 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-gx76-c99x-2c96 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-111749 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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