Low severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 14, 2025· Updated Jul 15, 2025
AIOHTTP is vulnerable to HTTP Request/Response Smuggling through incorrect parsing of chunked trailer sections
CVE-2025-53643
Description
AIOHTTP is an asynchronous HTTP client/server framework for asyncio and Python. Prior to version 3.12.14, the Python parser is vulnerable to a request smuggling vulnerability due to not parsing trailer sections of an HTTP request. 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 3.12.14 contains a patch for this issue.
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Affected packages
Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|---|---|
aiohttpPyPI | < 3.12.14 | 3.12.14 |
Affected products
39- osv-coords38 versionspkg:apk/chainguard/airflow-3pkg:apk/chainguard/airflow-core-2pkg:apk/chainguard/airflow-core-2-compatpkg:apk/chainguard/airflow-core-2-oci-entrypointpkg:apk/chainguard/apache-beam-python-3.11-sdkpkg:apk/chainguard/dask-kubernetespkg:apk/chainguard/py3.10-vllm-cuda-11.8pkg:apk/chainguard/py3.10-vllm-cuda-12.4pkg:apk/chainguard/py3.10-wheels-vllm-cuda-11.8pkg:apk/chainguard/py3.11-text-generation-inferencepkg:apk/chainguard/py3.12-vllm-cuda-12.4pkg:apk/chainguard/py3.13-scanner-test-libraries-aiohttppkg:apk/chainguard/py3-cassandra-medusapkg:apk/chainguard/py3-cassandra-medusa-compatpkg:apk/chainguard/py3-vllm-cuda-12.4pkg:apk/chainguard/request-1276pkg:apk/chainguard/request-1276-compatpkg:apk/chainguard/text-generation-inferencepkg:apk/chainguard/text-generation-inference-compatpkg:apk/wolfi/airflow-3pkg:apk/wolfi/dask-kubernetespkg:apk/wolfi/py3-cassandra-medusapkg:apk/wolfi/py3-cassandra-medusa-compatpkg:pypi/aiohttppkg:rpm/opensuse/python-aiohttp&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6pkg:rpm/opensuse/python-aiohttp&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/python-Brotli&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/suse/python-aiohttp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Public%20Cloud%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/python-aiohttp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Public%20Cloud%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/python-aiohttp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Public%20Cloud%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/python-aiohttp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Public%20Cloud%2015%20SP6pkg:rpm/suse/python-aiohttp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Public%20Cloud%2015%20SP7pkg:rpm/suse/python-aiohttp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Python%203%2015%20SP6pkg:rpm/suse/python-aiohttp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Python%203%2015%20SP7pkg:rpm/suse/python-aiohttp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2016.0pkg:rpm/suse/python-aiohttp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20applications%2016.0pkg:rpm/suse/python-Brotli&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2016.0pkg:rpm/suse/python-Brotli&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20applications%2016.0
< 3.2.0-r0+ 37 more
- (no CPE)range: < 3.2.0-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 2.11.0-r4
- (no CPE)range: < 2.11.0-r4
- (no CPE)range: < 2.11.0-r4
- (no CPE)range: < 2.66.0-r1
- (no CPE)range: < 2025.7.0-r1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.9.2-r2
- (no CPE)range: < 0.9.2-r1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.9.2-r2
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.6-r3
- (no CPE)range: < 0.9.2-r1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.0.1-r3
- (no CPE)range: < 0.24.1-r1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.24.1-r1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.9.2-r1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.24.1-r3
- (no CPE)range: < 0.24.1-r3
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.6-r3
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.6-r3
- (no CPE)range: < 3.2.0-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 2025.7.0-r1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.24.1-r1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.24.1-r1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.12.14
- (no CPE)range: < 3.9.3-150400.10.33.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.11.16-160000.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.1.0-160000.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.6.0-150100.3.27.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.9.3-150400.10.33.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.6.0-150100.3.27.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.6.0-150100.3.27.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.6.0-150100.3.27.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.9.3-150400.10.33.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.9.3-150400.10.33.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.11.16-160000.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.11.16-160000.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.1.0-160000.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.1.0-160000.3.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
4- github.com/advisories/GHSA-9548-qrrj-x5pjghsaADVISORY
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-53643ghsaADVISORY
- github.com/aio-libs/aiohttp/commit/e8d774f635dc6d1cd3174d0e38891da5de0e2b6aghsax_refsource_MISCWEB
- github.com/aio-libs/aiohttp/security/advisories/GHSA-9548-qrrj-x5pjghsax_refsource_CONFIRMWEB
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