CVE-2024-52304 aiohttp vulnerable to request smuggling due to incorrect parsing of chunk extensions

Medium 6.3 Published Updated

Attackers can bypass firewalls or proxies via request smuggling in aiohttp when C extensions are disabled or not installed.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2024-52304?

CVE-2024-52304 is a medium-severity vulnerability in aio-libs aiohttp, published on 18 Nov 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

aiohttp is an asynchronous HTTP client/server framework for asyncio and Python. Prior to version 3.10.11, the Python parser parses newlines in chunk extensions incorrectly which can lead to request smuggling vulnerabilities under certain conditions. If a pure Python version of aiohttp is installed (i.e. without the usual C extensions) or `AIOHTTP_NO_EXTENSIONS` is enabled, then an attacker may be able to execute a request smuggling attack to bypass certain firewalls or proxy protections. Version 3.10.11 fixes the issue.

Weakness: CWE-444

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-52304?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including aiohttp. It affects 1 product.

PackageAffectedFixed in
aiohttp PyPIAll versions3.10.11
aiohttp PyPIAll versions3.10.11
aiohttp PyPIAll versions3.10.11
Linux distribution packages (27)
python-aiohttp Red Hat:satellite:6.16::el8All versions0:3.10.11-1.el8pc
python-aiohttp-debugsource Red Hat:satellite:6.16::el8All versions0:3.10.11-1.el8pc
python3.11-aiohttp Red Hat:satellite:6.16::el8All versions0:3.10.11-1.el8pc
python3.11-aiohttp-debuginfo Red Hat:satellite:6.16::el8All versions0:3.10.11-1.el8pc
python-aiohttp Red Hat:satellite:6.16::el9All versions0:3.10.11-1.el9pc
python-aiohttp-debugsource Red Hat:satellite:6.16::el9All versions0:3.10.11-1.el9pc
python3.11-aiohttp Red Hat:satellite:6.16::el9All versions0:3.10.11-1.el9pc
python3.11-aiohttp-debuginfo Red Hat:satellite:6.16::el9All versions0:3.10.11-1.el9pc
python-aiohttp Red Hat:satellite_capsule:6.16::el8All versions0:3.10.11-1.el8pc
python-aiohttp-debugsource Red Hat:satellite_capsule:6.16::el8All versions0:3.10.11-1.el8pc
python3.11-aiohttp Red Hat:satellite_capsule:6.16::el8All versions0:3.10.11-1.el8pc
python3.11-aiohttp-debuginfo Red Hat:satellite_capsule:6.16::el8All versions0:3.10.11-1.el8pc
python-aiohttp Red Hat:satellite_capsule:6.16::el9All versions0:3.10.11-1.el9pc
python-aiohttp-debugsource Red Hat:satellite_capsule:6.16::el9All versions0:3.10.11-1.el9pc
python3.11-aiohttp Red Hat:satellite_capsule:6.16::el9All versions0:3.10.11-1.el9pc
python3.11-aiohttp-debuginfo Red Hat:satellite_capsule:6.16::el9All versions0:3.10.11-1.el9pc
python-aiohttp SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP2All versions3.6.0-150100.3.18.1
python-aiohttp SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP3All versions3.6.0-150100.3.18.1
python-aiohttp SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP4All versions3.6.0-150100.3.18.1
python-aiohttp SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP4All versions3.9.3-150400.10.27.1
python-aiohttp SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP5All versions3.6.0-150100.3.18.1
python-aiohttp SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP6All versions3.6.0-150100.3.18.1
python-aiohttp SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Python 3 15 SP5All versions3.9.3-150400.10.27.1
python-aiohttp SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Python 3 15 SP6All versions3.9.3-150400.10.27.1
python-aiohttp openSUSE:Leap 15.5All versions3.6.0-150100.3.18.1
python-aiohttp openSUSE:Leap 15.5All versions3.9.3-150400.10.27.1
python-aiohttp openSUSE:Leap 15.6All versions3.9.3-150400.10.27.1

Products include Aiohttp Aiohttp.

How do I fix CVE-2024-52304?

Upgrade aiohttp to 3.10.11 or later.

Is CVE-2024-52304 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-52304 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as AZL-53229, AZL-53232, CLEANSTART-2026-JK21858, CLEANSTART-2026-KP17501, CLSA-2025-1754007189, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-52304 and 12 more.

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