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CVE-2026-48710NVD
Vulnerability Summary
Starlette is a lightweight ASGI framework/toolkit. Prior to version 1.0.1, the HTTP `Host` request header was not validated before being used to reconstruct `request.url`. Because the routing algorithm relies on the raw HTTP path while `request.url` is rebuilt from the `Host` header, a malformed header could make `request.url.path` differ from the path that was actually requested. Middleware and endpoints that apply security restrictions based on `request.url` (rather than the raw `scope` path) could therefore be bypassed. Users should upgrade to a version greater than or equal to version 1.0.1, which validates the `Host` header against the grammar of RFC 9112 §3.2 / RFC 3986 §3.2.2 when constructing `request.url` and falls back to `scope["server"]` for malformed values.
CVSS v3.1 Base Metrics
Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone
External References
- https://badhost.org
- https://github.com/Kludex/starlette/commit/764dab0dcfb9033d75442d7a359645c9f94648c6
- https://github.com/Kludex/starlette/security/advisories/GHSA-86qp-5c8j-p5mr
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/starlette/PYSEC-2026-161.yaml
- https://ostif.org/disclosing-the-badhost-vulnerability-in-starlette
- https://www.secwest.net/starlette
- https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2026-002-starlette
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:22992
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:22993
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:23346
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:24866
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26226
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:30088
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:30089
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:34456
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:34526
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:34532
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:37275
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:43038
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:44696
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:51357
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60520
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-48710
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2481742
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-48710.json
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2026-48710
- https://www.wiz.io/blog/ai-infrastructure-honeypot
- https:/www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/08/26/when-ai-infrastructure-becomes-target-securing-gateways-control-points