CVE-2026-48061

Litestar prior to v2.22.0 is affected by CVE-2026-48061: AllowedHostsMiddleware may bypass host validation by using X-Forwarded-Host when Host is absent, enabling host-header injection (e.g., password reset links, cache keys, routing decisions). The issue occurs when no reverse proxy strips X-For...

EUVD-2026-52437

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...

PT-2026-59257

Summary 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, an attacker can bypass the allowed hosts validation by omitting the Host header and supplying an X-Forwarded-Host header set to a...

Reliance on Untrusted Inputs in a Security Decision

Overview litestar is a Litestar - A production-ready, highly performant, extensible ASGI API Framework Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Reliance on Untrusted Inputs in a Security Decision through the AllowedHostsMiddleware in the host validation middleware. An attacker can bypa...