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Subdomain cookies can strip Host-Only scope in AIOHTTP

Priority LOW 20CWE-565Published · Updated

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

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00384 32nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial aiohttp (aio-libs): 3.14.4aiohttp (PyPI): 3.14.4Red Hat: 13 without a fix

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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
aio-libsaiohttpbefore 3.14.43.14.4Patch availableCNA
—aiohttp (PyPI)before 3.14.43.14.4Patch availableGHSA-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

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:aiohttp:aiohttp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——Aiohttp
  • cpe:2.3:a:aiohttp:aiohttp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·Aiohttp

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 →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Exploit IntelligenceAffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Lightspeed CoreAffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Migration Toolkit for Applications 8AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
OpenShift LightspeedAffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat AI Inference ServerAffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform Ansible Core 2AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Discovery 2AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) 3AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Lightspeed Services for OCPAffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI)AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Satellite 6AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Update Infrastructure 4 for Cloud ProvidersAffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-19 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-111749
  2. 2026-10-20 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
  3. 2026-10-20 CVSS score added · Red Hat
  4. 2026-10-21 Alias added: GHSA-gx76-c99x-2c96
  5. 2026-10-21 Fix available: PyPI/[email protected] · GHSA-gx76-c99x-2c96
  6. 2026-10-21 CVSS score added · GHSA-gx76-c99x-2c96
  7. 2026-10-21 Weakness changed · GHSA-gx76-c99x-2c96
  8. 2026-10-21 5 new references · GHSA-gx76-c99x-2c96
  9. 2026-10-23 CISA SSVC decision points changed

References

  • 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
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