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CVE-2024-52303VulnerabilityPublished Updated

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

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.5 High : upgrade to 14.3.0 soon.

Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 07:30 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
7.5High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
Patch
Available – fixed in 14.3.0
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 13 Aug 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 29 Oct 2026.

What to do

Upgrade ansible to 14.3.0.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Homebrewansiblepkg:brew/ansibleOther threatsAffected
  • <14.3.0
Fixed in
  • 14.3.0

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Description

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

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