CVE-2026-48710

MEDIUM

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 Score

6.5
MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
LOW
Availability
NONE
Published: 5/26/2026Modified: 10/1/2026

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References (29)

https://badhost.orgMitigationThird Party Advisoryhttps://github.com/Kludex/starlette/commit/764dab0dcfb9033d75442d7a359645c9f94648c6Patchhttps://github.com/Kludex/starlette/security/advisories/GHSA-86qp-5c8j-p5mrVendor Advisoryhttps://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/starlette/PYSEC-2026-161.yamlThird Party Advisoryhttps://ostif.org/disclosing-the-badhost-vulnerability-in-starletteMitigationThird Party Advisoryhttps://www.secwest.net/starletteExploitMitigationhttps://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2026-002-starletteExploitMitigationhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:22992Third Party Advisoryhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:22993Third Party Advisoryhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:23346Third Party Advisoryhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:24866Third Party Advisoryhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26226Third Party Advisoryhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:30088Third Party Advisoryhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:30089Third Party Advisoryhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:34456Third Party Advisoryhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:34526Third Party Advisoryhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:34532Third Party Advisoryhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:37275Third Party Advisoryhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:43038Third Party Advisoryhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:44696Third Party Advisoryhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:51357Third Party Advisoryhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60520Third Party Advisoryhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:63337Third Party Advisoryhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-48710Third Party Advisoryhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2481742Issue TrackingThird Party Advisoryhttps://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-48710.jsonThird Party Advisoryhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2026-48710Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resourcehttps://www.wiz.io/blog/ai-infrastructure-honeypotExploitThird Party Advisoryhttps:/www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/08/26/when-ai-infrastructure-becomes-target-securing-gateways-control-pointsBroken Link