CVE-2026-54280: AIOHTTP: Payload Response Resources Are Not Closed After Mid-Body Disconnect

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2026-06-22 · updated 2026-10-25
Weakness: CWE-404

Description

AIOHTTP is an asynchronous HTTP client/server framework for asyncio and Python. Prior to 3.14.1, payload resources are not closed correctly when a client disconnects in the middle of a write. If a payload is using an open file or similar limited resource, then an attacker may be able to cause resource starvation temporarily until garbage collection or similar closes the file. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.14.1.

Affected products

aio-libs aiohttp: from 3.12.1 before 3.14.1 — fixed in 3.14.1
Pypi Aiohttp: before 3.14.1; 0.1, 0.10.0, 0.10.1, 0.10.2, 0.11.0, 0.12.0 (+301) — fixed in 3.14.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: aio-libs aiohttp 3.14.1; Pypi Aiohttp 3.14.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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