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aiohttp: Unbounded Pipelined Request Queue Leading to DoS

No limit was present on the number of pipelined requests that could be queued, potentially leading to excessive memory usage and DoS.

16 Jun 2026Read 1 minSeverity: schedule it

What changed

No limit was present on the number of pipelined requests that could be queued, potentially leading to excessive memory usage and DoS.

Who it affects

Users of aiohttp who accept pipelined requests.

What to do today

Apply the patch from commit dfdfa9d5aad5d21f91c79fb2ceeba0f8046cb6cf to limit pipelined requests.

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