CVE-2026-25479 (GCVE-0-2026-25479)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-09 18:48 – Updated: 2026-02-10 16:01
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Title
Litestar has an AllowedHosts validation bypass due to unescaped regex metacharacters in configured host patterns
Summary
Litestar is an Asynchronous Server Gateway Interface (ASGI) framework. Prior to 2.20.0, in litestar.middleware.allowed_hosts, allowlist entries are compiled into regex patterns in a way that allows regex metacharacters to retain special meaning (e.g., . matches any character). This enables a bypass where an attacker supplies a host that matches the regex but is not the intended literal hostname. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.20.0.
CWE
  • CWE-185 - Incorrect Regular Expression
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
litestar-org litestar Affected: < 2.20.0
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