Resource exhaustion in aiohttp - CVE-2025-69228

Vulnerability identifier: #VU120996

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2025-69228

CWE-ID: CWE-400

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources within the Request.post() method. A remote attacker can send large HTTP payloads to the application to trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

aiohttp
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6
Debian Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Server
Public Cloud Module
Python 3 Module
openSUSE Leap
Ubuntu
openEuler
Anolis OS
Fusion Content-Aware Storage
watsonx Code Assistant On Prem
Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak
IBM Fusion HCI
Splunk Enterprise
python-aiohttp (Ubuntu package)
python-aiohttp-debugsource
python3-aiohttp-debuginfo
python3-aiohttp
python-aiohttp-help
python-aiohttp-debuginfo
python-aiohttp
python311-aiohttp
python311-aiohttp-debuginfo
python3-aiohttp+speedups
python-aiohttp (Debian package)

Install updates from vendor's website.

aiohttp - update to 3.13.3
Fusion Content-Aware Storage - update to 1.1.2
IBM Fusion HCI - update to 2.12.1
watsonx Code Assistant On Prem - update to 5.3.1
Splunk Enterprise - addressed in versions 9.3.10, 9.4.9, 10.0.4, 10.2.1
Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak - addressed in versions 23.0.20.6, 30.0.2
python-aiohttp (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 3.0.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm6, 3.6.2-1ubuntu1+esm5, 3.8.1-4ubuntu0.2+esm2, 3.9.1-1ubuntu0.1+esm2, 3.11.16-1ubuntu0.1
python-aiohttp-debugsource - addressed in versions 3.6.0-150100.3.32.1, 3.9.3-150400.10.36.1
python3-aiohttp-debuginfo - update to 3.6.0-150100.3.32.1
python3-aiohttp - update to 3.6.0-150100.3.32.1
python3-aiohttp - update to 3.9.3-9
python-aiohttp-help - update to 3.9.3-9
python-aiohttp-debugsource - update to 3.9.3-9
python-aiohttp-debuginfo - update to 3.9.3-9
python-aiohttp - update to 3.9.3-9
python311-aiohttp - update to 3.9.3-150400.10.36.1
python311-aiohttp-debuginfo - update to 3.9.3-150400.10.36.1
python3-aiohttp+speedups - update to 3.9.5-3
python3-aiohttp - update to 3.9.5-3
python-aiohttp (Debian package) - update to 3.11.16-1+deb13u1

• https://github.com/aio-libs/aiohttp/security/advisories/GHSA-6jhg-hg63-jvvf

• Multiple vulnerabilities in aiohttp
• Anolis OS update for python-aiohttp
• Ubuntu update for python-aiohttp
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM watsonx Code Assistant On Prem
• SUSE update for python-aiohttp
• SUSE update for python-aiohttp
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Splunk Enterprise
• openEuler update for python-aiohttp
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Fusion Content-Aware Storage
• Debian update for python-aiohttp
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak