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HIGH7.5

PYSEC-2026-1096

aiohttp has a memory leak when middleware is enabled when requesting a resource with a non-allowed method

Quick fix

PYSEC-2026-1096 — aiohttp: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

pip install --upgrade 'aiohttp>=3.10.11'

Details

### Summary

A memory leak can occur when a request produces a `MatchInfoError`. This was caused by adding an entry to a cache on each request, due to the building of each `MatchInfoError` producing a unique cache entry.

### Impact

If the user is making use of any middlewares with `aiohttp.web` then it is advisable to upgrade immediately.

An attacker may be able to exhaust the memory resources of a server by sending a substantial number (100,000s to millions) of such requests.

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Patch: https://github.com/aio-libs/aiohttp/commit/bc15db61615079d1b6327ba42c682f758fa96936

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Affected packages

PyPI/aiohttp
Introduced in: 3.10.6Fixed in: 3.10.11
Fixpip install --upgrade 'aiohttp>=3.10.11'

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