CVE-2026-48710 KEV
Patch first
On CISA KEV — known exploited in the wild, due 2026-09-16.
Description
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 6.5 (MEDIUM, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| EPSS | 7.06% — more likely to be exploited than 94% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-444 |
| On CISA KEV | yes — remediate by 2026-09-16 |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2026-05-26 |
| Last modified | 2026-09-04 |
CISA KEV
| Name | Kludex Starlette HTTP Request/Response Smuggling Vulnerability |
|---|---|
| Added | 2026-09-02 |
| Due | 2026-09-16 |
| Vendor / product | Kludex / Starlette |
| Ransomware use | none reported |
Affected (8)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| encode | starlette |
| redhat | ai inference server |
| redhat | ansible automation platform |
| redhat | enterprise linux ai |
| redhat | migration toolkit for applications |
| redhat | openshift ai |
| redhat | openshift lightspeed |
| redhat | satellite |
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
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