Description
Litestar is an Asynchronous Server Gateway Interface (ASGI) framework. In versions prior to 2.22.0, an attacker can bypass the allowed hosts validation by omitting the Host header and supplying an X-Forwarded-Host header set to a whitelisted domain. The AllowedHostsMiddleware trusts the X-Forwarded-Host header as a fallback when the Host header is absent. Since X-Forwarded-Host is a client-controllable header, this enables host header injection attacks such as password reset poisoning, cache poisoning, and server-side request routing manipulation. Any application using AllowedHostsConfig is affected when deployed without a reverse proxy that strips X-Forwarded-Host, or when accepting HTTP/1.0 connections. This issue has been fixed in version 2.22.0.
Published: 2026-08-03
Score: 5.9 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
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Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-3qmc-cj7q-62hv Litestar: AllowedHostsMiddleware bypasses host validation via client-controlled X-Forwarded-Host header
History

Mon, 03 Aug 2026 22:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Litestar-org
Litestar-org litestar
Vendors & Products Litestar-org
Litestar-org litestar

Mon, 03 Aug 2026 21:15:00 +0000

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Description Litestar is an Asynchronous Server Gateway Interface (ASGI) framework. In versions prior to 2.22.0, an attacker can bypass the allowed hosts validation by omitting the Host header and supplying an X-Forwarded-Host header set to a whitelisted domain. The AllowedHostsMiddleware trusts the X-Forwarded-Host header as a fallback when the Host header is absent. Since X-Forwarded-Host is a client-controllable header, this enables host header injection attacks such as password reset poisoning, cache poisoning, and server-side request routing manipulation. Any application using AllowedHostsConfig is affected when deployed without a reverse proxy that strips X-Forwarded-Host, or when accepting HTTP/1.0 connections. This issue has been fixed in version 2.22.0.
Title Litestar: AllowedHostsMiddleware bypasses host validation via client-controlled X-Forwarded-Host header
Weaknesses CWE-644
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N'}


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Litestar-org Litestar
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-03T20:47:34.673Z

Reserved: 2026-05-20T18:25:25.707Z

Link: CVE-2026-48061

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Updated: 2026-08-03T22:30:02Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-644

    Improper Neutralization of HTTP Headers for Scripting Syntax