CVE-2026-48809
HighCVSS 7.5Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk20th percentile - higher than 20% of all known CVEs
Summary
python-engineio before version 4.13.2 has two server configurations where the size of incoming messages is not checked before loading them into memory. An attacker can exploit this to cause unnecessary memory allocations in the server. This affects POST requests when using ASGI with long polling transport and WebSocket messages when using Aiohttp with WebSocket transport. Version 4.13.2 addresses this issue.
Risk Assessment
An attacker can cause excessive memory usage on the server, potentially leading to slowdowns or service crashes.
Recommendation
Update python-engineio to version 4.13.2 or later.
Original NVD description (English source)
python-engineio is a Python implementation of the Engine.IO realtime client and server. Versions prior to 4.13.2 have two specific configurations of the python-engineio server in which the size of incoming messages is not checked before the messages are loaded into memory. An attacker can take advantage of these to cause unnecessary memory allocations in the python-engineio server. The two cases are POST requests, when using ASGI with the long polling transport and WebSocket messages, when using Aiohttp with the WebSocket transport. Version 4.13.2 addresses this issue. ASGI severs now only load the body of incoming requests into memory after the client is confirmed to be known and authenticated, and the payload size is below the maximum allowed size. Requests that do not comply with these requirements are discarded. Aiohttp servers configure the maximum payload size in the underlying WebSocket layer from Aiohttp, so that large messages are discarded by Aiohttp before they are delivered to python-engineio.